ASSESSING EI COMPETENCIES IN PUBLIC SECTOR PETROLEUM COMPANIES IN EGYPT 295
ASSESSING EI COMPETENCIES IN PUBLIC SECTOR PETROLEUM COMPANIES IN EGYPT 295
Table 2 Average Item Scores Equivalent to High, Medium, and Low Competency Levels According to Managers
ESCI 3.0 cluster
Competency
Low range
Moderate range
High range
Self-awareness Self-awareness
Achievement orientation
Positive outlook
Social awareness
Organisational awareness
Conflict management
< 3-4.63 4.64-8.76 > 8.77-10
Coach and mentor
Relationship management Influence
Inspirational leadership
A paired t-test is used in order to compare the means of two samples in which the results of one sample can be paired with results of the other sample. As cited in McDonald (2009), the level of significance is usually
0.05, thus any number less than 0.05 suggests significance between the two samples. According to Table 3, a significance exists between managers and their employees in three competencies in relationship management cluster, which are influence, inspirational leadership, and teamwork, revealing that both managers and employees have different perceptions.
After determining the competency level and the differences between employee self-assessment and manager-employees assessment, the next step was getting the percentage of employees as well as managers for each competency. This step demonstrated how much employees have low, moderate, or high percent in each competency.
Table 3 Overall Differences Between Employees Self-Assessment and Managers-Employees Assessment (N = 60)
ESCI 3.0 cluster Competency Assessment t Sig.
Employees Managers
Mean SD Mean SD Self-awareness Self-awareness 48.85 5.36 49.03 7.72 -0.16 0.87 Self-control 10.93 1.69 10.35 2.48 1.73 0.089
Achievement orientation
4.86 -0.128 0.899
Positive outlook
32.95 4.65 32.3 5.26 0.81 0.419 Social awareness
Empathy
Organisational awareness
3.87 -0.13 0.896
Conflict management
6.05 1.89 6.7 2.06 -1.8 0.076
Coach and mentor
Relationship management Influence 11.18 2.48 9.5 3.05 3.19 0.002 * Inspirational leadership 10.32 2.38 8.65 3.05 3.28 0.002 *
Teamwork
Note. * —significant at significance level of 0.01.
296 ASSESSING EI COMPETENCIES IN PUBLIC SECTOR PETROLEUM COMPANIES IN EGYPT As shown in Table 4 that moderate level has the highest percentage of employees. This means that
employees are not fully aware of their internal states, intuitions, preferences, and resources. According to managers-employees assessment, the percentage is also high in moderate level, which means that the majority of both perspectives (manager and employees) are related to each other, and employees need to be more aware about themselves. However, managers perceive that 20% of their employees have high self-awareness while employees’ self-assessment shows that only 13.3% of them have high self-awareness. This result illustrates that either some managers are not aware of their employees or employees are not able to assess themselves correctly.
Table 4 Employees and Managers’ Self-Awareness
ESACAT
MSACAT
Freq Pct V.P C.P
Freq Pct V.P C.P
Total 60 84.5 100 Total 60 84.5 100
Table 5 shows that most employees have a moderate level of self-control, which is related to their ability of keeping disruptive impulses as well as emotions in check. Additionally, managers’ results are quite similar to employees’ results at the moderate level with a slight difference occurring between some managers-employees perspectives. In this competency, it was obvious that employees have the ability to control their emotions and impulses, but was not fully empowered to do that.
Table 5 Employees and Managers’ Self-Control
ESCCAT MSCCAT Freq
C.P Low 10 14.1 16.7 16.7 Low 7 9.9 11.7 11.7 MOD 40 56.3 66.7 83.3 MOD 43 60.6 71.7 83.3
Valid
Valid High 10 14.1 16.7 100
High 10 14.1 16.7 100
Total 60 84.5 100 Total 60 84.5 100
Adaptability is related to employees’ flexibility in handling/managing change. As shown in Table 6, the moderate level of both employees and managers is very close to each other in this competency, showing a highly shared perspective between them, with managers’ understanding the level of adaptability of their employees, and that the employees are aligned with that.
Table 6 Employees and Managers’ Adaptability
EACAT MACAT Freq Pct V.P C.P
Freq Pct V.P C.P
Total 60 84.5 100 Total 60 84.5 100