Relationship between Self-Management and Work Performance among Information Professionals

Aumuhaimi Md Yusof; Muhamad Khairulnizam Zaini

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI10.4125

Authors

Aumuhaimi Md Yusof Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia
Muhamad Khairulnizam Zaini Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI10.4125

Keywords:

Self-management, Work Performance, Emotional Intelligence, Information Professionals

Abstract

The significance of emotional intelligence to the work performance of the Information Professionals in the government sector in Malaysia has been extensively studied in the literature. The focus of this analysis is on self-management clusters, and it shows that the chosen cluster turns out to be the essential relationship between self-management and work performance among information professionals. This research is done by implementing a survey on 148 information professionals in a government agency in Malaysia. The result suggests that self-management of emotional intelligence has a significant role in enhancing the quality of job performance, resulting in increased work productivity for information professionals.

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