Interactive and Relative Influences of Emotional Intelligence
Trait and Effort-Reward Imbalance on Attitude towards Unethical
Work Behaviour of Police Personnel in Nigeria
Effort-Reward Imbalance and Attitude towards Unethical Work
Behaviour among Police Personnel: Emotional Intelligence as a
Moderator
Oluyinka Ojedokun (Ph.D)
Department of Sociology, Psychology & Environmental
Management,Lead City University, Ibadan,
Nigeriae-mail:[email protected], (234-0805-6325-953)
ABSTRACTEmotional intelligence is a trainable skill capable of
discouraging unethical work attitude among Nigeria police personnel
by imparting on the perception of effort-reward imbalance. However,
exploration of the moderating effect of emotional intelligence on
the relationship between effort-reward imbalance and attitude
towards unethical work behaviour has been absent from literature.
Therefore, this research examined how emotional intelligence
moderates the relationship between effort-reward imbalance and
attitude towards unethical work behaviour among a sample of police
personnel in Nigeria. The study is a survey adopting an Ex-post
facto research design to collect data from two hundred and
twenty-five (n=225) police personnel at Ogun State Police Command
Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta. A questionnaire measuring
effort-reward imbalance, emotional intelligence, attitude towards
unethical work behaviour and demographic variables was the
instrument for data collection. Hypothesis was tested using
moderated hierarchical regression. Results revealed that
effort-reward imbalance and emotional intelligence were significant
predictors of attitude towards unethical work behaviour (F=18.42;
P
