Genos Emotional Intelligence Inventory (Genos EI)
(Palmer & Stough, 2006 ).
Variable
EI as measured with the Genos EI is broadly defined as ‘the ability to purposely adapt, shape, and select envir-
onments through the use of emotionally relevant processes’ ( Gignac, 2010 , p. 1). However, the developers have
emphasized the focus on ‘typical EI performance’ as opposed to ‘maximal EI performance’, measuring the fre-
quency of emotionally intelligent workplace behaviors.
Description
The Genos EI is the successor of the 64-item Swinburne University Emotional Intelligence Test (SUEIT). The
measure was designed for the identification, selection, and development of employees. Similar to the more gen-
eral TEIQue, the Genos EI model was derived from a comprehensive analysis of other EI measures. Seventy items
are evenly distributed across seven dimensions: Emotional Self-Awareness, Emotional Expression, Emotional
Awareness of Others, Emotional Reasoning, Emotional Self-Management, Emotional Management of Others, and
Emotional Self-Control. The items have a 5-point Likert response scale, ranging from 1 ( Almost Never )t o5
(Almost Always ), and yield a Total EI score, seven subscale scores, an inconsistency index score, and two socially
desirable responding scores.
Two abbreviated versions of 31 and 14 items have been developed for use in research contexts.
Sample
The normative sample consists of 4775 individuals (52.9% female), recruited from research, workshop, and
professional settings in mostly industrialized countries across the world. The sample has an age range of 18 to 76
years ( M541.5, SD59.62), making the measure administrable to adults (18 1years) from the general workforce.
Furthermore, the sample is representative of various educational levels, occupations, role levels (e.g. CEOs and
employees), and industries.
The overall sample has a mean Total EI score of 270.13 ( SD527.76) and subscale scores range from 38.36
(SD54.72) for Emotional Self-Management to 41.94 ( SD54.56) for Emotional Self-Awareness. The score ranges
are 7 to 350 for Total EI and 1 to 70 for the seven subscales ( Palmer, Stough, Harmer, & Gignac, 2009 ).
The Concise Version has a Total EI normative sample mean of 121.86 ( SD513.84), with subscale means rang-
ing from 15.75 ( SD55.89) for Emotional Self-Control to 20.16 ( SD56.65) for Emotional Reasoning. The score
ranges for this version are 7 to 217 for Total EI and 1 to 4 or 5 for the subscales. Total EI as measured with the
Short Version (score range: 7 /C098) had a sample mean of 55.88 ( SD56.67; Palmer et al., 2009 ).
Reliability
Internal Consistency
The mean Cronbach alpha coefficient was .96 for Total EI, ranging from .71 to .85 across subscales ( Palmer
et al., 2009 ).
The Concise Version exhibited alpha coefficients of .93 for Total EI and .71 to .75 for the subscales. The alpha
coefficient of the Short Version was .87 ( Palmer et al., 2009 ).
Test/C0Retest
Correlations between Total EI scores were examined at 2- and 8-month intervals, reaching high stability levels
of .83 and .72, respectively ( Gignac, 2010 ).
Validity
Convergent/Concurrent
The Total EI score correlated significantly with the SUEIT. The seven-factor model, as uncovered in the SUEIT,
also showed a high level of shared variance (46.2%) with the TMMS scores in a sample of Australian female man-
agers ( Taylor, Bagby, & Parker, 2003 ). Furthermore, the Genos EI correlated with different types of leadership,
a range of workplace-specific well-being indicators, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment
(Gignac, 2010 ).409 WORKPLACE-ORIENTED MEASURES
III. EMOTION REGULATION