Abstract:
In today’s business world, the usage of concept of emotion can be identified as one of
most familiar business trends. Researchers have found that emotional intelligence at
the group level as an important and fundamental aspect for the success of organization.
Hence, the main concern of this study is to examine whether there is any impact of Group
Emotional Intelligence (GEI) on team effectiveness in Sri Lankan Context. In this case,
a model has been developed by taking the GEI with two dimensions, group focused El
and cross boundary focused El as the independent variables and the team effectiveness
as the dependent variable. Moreover, the demographic variables (age, designation and
length of service) were considered as control variables. Therefore, to test this model, three
hypotheses were developed. The sample of 60 production related employees were drawn
from one of the leading apparel manufacturing organizations in Sri Lanka. Data were
collected by using a structured questionnaire. The impact of the predicted relationships
and developed hypotheses were tested by using correlation coefficients and regression
analysis respectively. According to the research findings, there was a positive relationship
between team effectiveness and GEI with group focused El and cross boundary focused
EI. The results of the developed regression model revealed that there were significant
evidences to prove that the developed hypothesis can be accepted. In addition to that,
when it comes to control variables, the results shows that there was a significant variation
in team effectiveness only from designation variable and it was controlled in this study.
Implications from this study are; future researchers can apply the model in various
industries in Sri Lankan context and the model provides some insights for HR policy
makers.
