Role of Emotional Intelligence in Managing Hybrid Teams: An Empirical Study

After the pandemic, hybrid work styles have become more common in the workplace. These teams include both remote and in-office workers, which means managers need to learn new skills. Emotional intelligence (EI), or the capacity to comprehend and control your own and other people's emotions, is becoming more and more important for managers who work with hybrid teams.  The emergence of hybrid work arrangements, where some workers work from home and some work in the office, has changed how teams work together. Emotional intelligence (EI) has become an important talent for managers to have in order to encourage teamwork, settle disagreements, and keep teams together. This research looks at how emotional intelligence might help you manage hybrid teams well. A standardized questionnaire was given to 119 people from different industries who work in hybrid teams. The research looks at how EI affects team management outcomes including trust, communication, and production. We used correlation, t-tests, and regression analysis to assess the hypotheses. The results show that having greater emotional intelligence is strongly linked to better outcomes while managing a hybrid team.