Title: Emotional intelligence and organisational ambidexterity: a mediation analysis in the independent business schools

Authors: Tapaswini Panigrahi; Yellumahanti Soma Sekhar Patro; Rama Krishna Gupta Potnuru

Addresses: School of Management, GIET University Gunupur, Gunupur, Odisha, 765022, India ' School of Management, GIET University Gunupur, Gunupur, Odisha, 765022, India ' Department of HRM, GITAM School of Business, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, 530045, India

Abstract: The research focuses to investigate the impact of emotional intelligence (EI) on organisational ambidexterity (OA) through perceived organisational support (POS) acting as a mediator for improving the practices amongst the faculties of independent business schools in Eastern and South India. These faculties are selected as respondents of the study. In the findings, faculty members' views of EI were shown to be associated with two predictors of OA, which they attribute to the mediating influence of POS. It is demonstrated in this study that EI has a significant impact on POS, thanks to the development of a novel research approach. In addition, the study discovers that POS has a partial mediating effect on the relationship between EI and OA, as well as on the positive relationship amongst EI, POS, and OA.

Keywords: emotional intelligence; business school faculties; perceived organisational support; POS; mediation; organisational ambidexterity.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2025.145593

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2025 Vol.36 No.4, pp.435 - 446

Received: 28 Jan 2022
Accepted: 09 Apr 2022
Published online: 09 Apr 2025 *

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