Daniel A. Newman

Daniel A. Newman is a researcher and co-author of the 2010 and 2015 Journal of Applied Psychology meta-analyses of emotional intelligence and job performance.
Who they are
The work of Daniel A. Newman reaches this site through the papers listed below. On this site the name is tied to Emotional Intelligence, Ability Versus Mixed Emotional Intelligence.
Key papers
Joseph, D. L., & Newman, D. A. (2010). Emotional intelligence: An integrative meta-analysis and cascading model. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95(1), 54-78. What it reports: A meta-analysis supporting a cascading model in which emotion perception leads to understanding, then regulation, then job performance; the link with performance varied by job type, positive in jobs with high emotional labour and negative in jobs with low emotional labour.
Joseph, D. L., Jin, J., Newman, D. A., & O'Boyle, E. H. (2015). Why does self-reported emotional intelligence predict job performance? A meta-analytic investigation of mixed EI. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(2), 298-342. What it reports: A meta-analysis of self-report emotional intelligence measures, which overlapped strongly with self-efficacy, self-rated performance, conscientiousness, emotional stability, extraversion and general mental ability, and showed a negligible relationship to performance once those were controlled.
Key ideas
Emotional Intelligence: The ability to perceive, understand, use and manage emotions in yourself and others.
Ability Versus Mixed Emotional Intelligence: The split between measuring emotional intelligence as an ability and measuring it as a blend of traits.
Sources
- Joseph, D. L., & Newman, D. A. (2010). Emotional intelligence: An integrative meta-analysis and cascading model. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95(1), 54-78.
- Joseph, D. L., Jin, J., Newman, D. A., & O'Boyle, E. H. (2015). Why does self-reported emotional intelligence predict job performance? A meta-analytic investigation of mixed EI. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(2), 298-342.