Empirical competence-testing: A psychometric examination of the German version of the Emotional Competence Inventory

Tumasjan, Andranik; Welpe, Isabell; Stich, Jennifer; Spörrle, Matthias; Försterling, Friedrich (April 2005): Empirical competence-testing: A psychometric examination of the German version of the Emotional Competence Inventory. 47. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, 04.04-06.04.2005, Regensburg.

Abstract

The “Emotional Competence Inventory“ (ECI 2.0) by Goleman and Boyatzis assesses emotional intelligence (EI) in organizational context by means of 72 items in 4 clusters (self-awareness, self- management, social awareness, social skills) which at large consist of 18 competencies. Our study examines the psychometric properties of the first German translation of this instrument in two different surveys (N = 236). If all items are included in reliability analysis the ECI is reliable (Cronbach’s Alpha = .90), whereas the reliability of the four sub dimensions is much smaller (Alpha = .62 - .81). For 43 items the corrected item-total correlation with its own scale is higher than correlations with the other three clusters. Convergent validity was examined by using another EI instrument (Wong & Law, 2002). We found a significant correlation between the two instruments (r = .41). The German version of the ECI seems to be quite useful, although the high reliability is achieved by a large number of items. Possibilities of improvement are discussed.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
• Published in: Lange, K.W. and Bäuml, K.-H. and Greenlee, M.W. and Hammerl, M. and Zimmer, A. (eds.) . (2005): Experimentelle Psychologie. Beiträge zur 47.Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers,
• Keywords: Emotional Competence Inventory, ECI, emotional intelligence, EI, emotional competence, Emotional Competence Inventory, ECI, emotionale Intelligenz, EQ, emotionale Kompetenz
• Faculties: Psychology and Education Science > Department Psychology > General Psychology II; Psychology and Education Science > Department Psychology > General Psychology II > Conference proceedings
• Place of Publication: Lengerich
• Language: English