Moderating Effect of Emotional Intelligence on the Relationship between Role Ambiguity and Intention to Quit the Job

Authors

  • Omer Khalid Javed Tarrar College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, AMA International University-Bahrain
  • Jeena Ann John AMA International Univeristy

Keywords:

Role Ambiguity, Intention to quit, Emotional Intelligence

Abstract

Employee turnover intention is one of the crucial areas where every organization pay keen attention to reduce it, as it keeps organizational intellectual assets stick with it. Therefore, current study seeks to empirically examine the moderating effect of emotional intelligence on the relationship between role ambiguity and intention to quit. For this purpose, the data was collected from the employees working in the hotels and restaurants located in Kingdom of Bahrain. A total of 366 response were received in a complete form hence used for the final analysis. PLS-SEM was employed to test the hypothesis. The results reveal that role ambiguity has a significant effect on intention to quit. Similarly, the findings also indicate that the significance of emotional intelligence significantly moderating the relationship between role ambiguity and intention to quit the job within the hotel and restaurant industry of Kingdom of Bahrain.

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Published

2020-05-21

How to Cite

Tarrar, O. K. J. ., & John, J. A. . (2020). Moderating Effect of Emotional Intelligence on the Relationship between Role Ambiguity and Intention to Quit the Job. IKSP Journal of Innovative Writings, 1(1), 32-41. Retrieved from https://iksp.org/journals/index.php/ijiw/article/view/20