Testing the second-order factor structure and measurement equivalence of the Wong and Law emotional intelligence scale across gender and ethnicity

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1059-1074

  Whitman, Daniel S ^a   van Rooy, David L ^b   Viswesvaran, Chockalingam ^c   Kraus, Eyran ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

^b Marriott International Inc   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d City of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Gender and ethnic group differences; Measurement equivalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449912526     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164409344498     Document Type: Article

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