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Evidence on individual emotional intelligence dimensions among nurses in Ghana remains limited. This study examined the associations between self\u2010awareness, self\u2010management, social awareness, relationship management and nurses\u2019 job performance at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana. A cross\u2010sectional analytical study was conducted among nurses at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. A simple random sample of 267 eligible nurses was selected, of whom 219 completed the questionnaire (82.0% response rate). Emotional intelligence was measured using an adapted instrument based on Goleman\u2019s Emotional Competency Framework, while job performance was assessed using the Employee Job Performance Scale. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted using principal axis factoring. Factorability was assessed using the Kaiser\u2013Meyer\u2013Olkin measure and Bartlett\u2019s test of sphericity, and internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach\u2019s alpha. Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression analyses were conducted. All four emotional intelligence dimensions were positively correlated with job performance. In Model 1, self\u2010awareness (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u20090.289,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001) and relationship management (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u20090.265,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.001) were positively associated with job performance, while self\u2010management (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u20090.099,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.213) and social awareness (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009\u22120.026,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.770) were not independently associated. The model explained 26.5% of the variance in job performance (\n R<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n \u2009=\u20090.265; adjusted\n R<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n \u2009=\u20090.252). After adjustment for gender, nursing education, work experience and nursing category, self\u2010awareness (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u20090.258,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.001) and relationship management (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u20090.260,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.001) remained significant. The adjusted model explained 31.4% of the variance (\n R<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n \u2009=\u20090.314; adjusted\n R<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n \u2009=\u20090.271). Self\u2010awareness and relationship management were independently associated with nurses\u2019 self\u2010reported job performance. Longitudinal and intervention studies are needed to determine whether changes in these competencies are associated with subsequent changes in nursing performance and patient\u2010care outcomes.\n <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/jonm\/2359356","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,15]],"date-time":"2026-09-15T06:27:58Z","timestamp":1789453678000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Emotional Intelligence and Nurses\u2019 Job Performance: Evidence From a Ghanaian Teaching Hospital"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2026","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-6038-7749","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emmanuel","family":"Duncan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_14_1_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1751-9004.2010.00334.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijnss.2018.03.004"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_3_2","first-page":"115","article-title":"The Relationship Between Nurses\u2019 Emotional Intelligence and Their Perceived Work Performance","volume":"9","author":"Vestal A. 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