Analysis of the Links between Social Intelligence and Coping Strategies of Business Managers in Terms of Development of Their Potential

Lucia Zbihlejova () and Zuzana Birknerova
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Lucia Zbihlejova: Department of Intercultural Communication, Faculty of Management and Business, University of Prešov, 080 01 Prešov, Slovakia
Zuzana Birknerova: Department of Managerial Psychology, Faculty of Management and Business, University of Prešov, 080 01 Prešov, Slovakia

Societies, 2022, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: The social as well as psychological development of individuals’ potential is influenced by many factors, including managerial competences such as social intelligence and ways of coping with stress. This paper presents the links between social intelligence and strategies for coping with demanding situations by business managers, as well as gender differences in the perception of social intelligence and in the preference for coping strategies between male and female business managers. The research sample consisted of 149 business managers, of which 76 (51%) were male and 73 (49%) were female managers. The results were obtained through research based on two methodologies: MESI for the detection of social intelligence, and Brief COPE, designed to identify coping strategies. Based on the research results, it can be concluded that the links between the social intelligence factors and coping strategies, as well as gender differences in the perception of social intelligence and coping strategies by male and female business managers, have been confirmed. Research into the relationship between these two aspects and its results could contribute to the elimination of undesirable factors influencing the work process and to the subsequent development of the psychological, social and work potential of business managers.

Keywords: brief COPE; coping; MESI; social intelligence; stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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