The The Effect Of Emotional Intelligence On Affective Commitment: A Study Of Royal Malaysia Police

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Rogis bin Baker
Amar Hisham bin Jaaffar
Hazril Izwar bin Ibrahim
Mohamed Ayyub bin Hassan
Hasimi bin Sallehuddin

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This study aimed to determine the effect of emotional intelligence on affective commitment among police officers. There are four dimensions of emotional intelligence to be measured including self-emotional appraisal (SEA), other's emotional appraisal (OEA), use of emotions (UOE) and regulation of emotions (ROE). The study involved a sample of 372 police officers selected in five contingents: Sabah, Sarawak, Johor, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. The result of the study showed that the SEA, OEA, UOE and ROE increases affective commitment with strong relation.

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Amar Hisham bin Jaaffar, College of Business Management & Accounting, The Energy University, Malaysia

Senior Lecturer, College of Business Management & Accounting, The Energy University, Malaysia

Hazril Izwar bin Ibrahim, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Associate Professor, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Mohamed Ayyub bin Hassan, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 

Hasimi bin Sallehuddin, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, The National University of Malaysia

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, The National University of Malaysia

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