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Geneva Emotional Competence Test (GECo)
The Geneva Emotional Competence Test (GECo Test) is an online-only performance-based test to measure individual differences in Emotional Intelligence (EI). The test comprises 110 items and requires about 50 minutes to complete. The GECo Test has been built specifically for the workplace and for organizations: all scenarios and items describe situations and events that could happen in the workplace and are based on interviews conducted with managers and professionals during the first phase of the project. For each item, there is a correct or a wrong response that is determined on the basis of multiple criteria: theoretical foundations, expert judgments, and consensus in the general population. |
CREIO StatementMany tests that promise to measure emotional intelligence have appeared in recent years. Some of these tests seem promising, but many have not been empirically evaluated. As a service to our visitors, we have reviewed many of these tests and selected those for which there is a substantial body of research (at least five published journal articles or book chapters that provide empirical data based on the test). However, inclusion of a test on this web site does not constitute an endorsement of that test by CREIO. |
The model of Emotional Intelligence used in the GECo Test defines 4 central competencies:
1) EMOTION RECOGNITION - the ability to accurately recognize emotions from other people's nonverbal expressions conveyed by the face, voice, or body
2) EMOTION UNDERSTANDING - the ability to understand the qualities, causes, and consequences of one's own and others' emotions
3) EMOTION MANAGEMENT - the ability to effectively regulate other people's (usually negative) emotions through behavioural strategies;
4) EMOTION REGULATION - the ability to create and maintain positive affective states and reduce negative affective states in oneself.
These competencies are considered to be distinct but correlated and each of them is measured through a specific subtest.
The GECo has been validated in a series of studies reported in Schlegel & Mortillaro (2018). The abstract and the full reference can be found below
References
Schlegel, K., & Mortillaro, M. (2018). The Geneva Emotional Competence Test (GECo): an ability measure of workplace emotional intelligence. Journal of Applied Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000365
Contact Information
The GECo Test is freely accessible for academic research purposes only and it is available in English, French, and German.
In order to obtain access to the GECo Test, interested researchers should fill in, sign, and submit via email (to eri-cisa@unige.ch) the “GECo User Agreement"AND a brief description of the project in which they intend to use the GECo Test (between ½ and 1 page).
The GECo Test is available for commercial applications through our licensee at this webpage: EMCO4
For additional information see the website below:
https://www.unige.ch/cisa/emotional-competence/home/research-tools/geco/