Links Between the Selected Attributes of Social Intelligence and Assessment of the Ways to Cope with Demanding Situations in Managerial Work

The presented research suggests that social intelligence influences a manager’s performance and impacts the strategies a manager employs to handle demanding situations. The paper aims to investigate the possible existence of links between the selected attributes of social intelligence and how managers assess the ways of coping with demanding situations in managerial work. In the presented research, the analyzed data was obtained from the sample of 204 Slovak managers, of which 83 (40.7%) were men and 121 (59.3%) were women. The data from the respondents were collected by questionnaire methods (two social intelligence methodologies and two coping with demanding situations in managerial work methodologies) and were subsequently processed and analyzed using mathematical-statistical methods at the level of descriptive and inductive statistics, namely frequency of occurrence, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Managers who scored higher in social intelligence factors also preferred more positive ways of coping with demanding situations (active solution, positive outlook, planning, acceptance of the situation). Less preferred were the less desirable ways (denial, self-blame). The correlations with positive ways of coping were shown to be statistically significant. The findings and insights derived from the conducted research offer not only theoretical and methodological advantages but also hold practical value in enhancing coping efficiency in managerial roles.