Abstract: Many studies have confirmed that emotional intelligence can positively predict job performance, and the relationship between them might be influenced by many mediator and moderator variables. There are some problems and limitations in existing studies, and the reasons lie in such aspects: the disagreement and opposition between the main different theory models, the problems of the assessment tools, and the facts of failing to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance at dimension level. Future studies should go in for integrating the main different theory models, developing new assessment tools, examining the influence of mediator and moderator variables, and exploring the relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance at dimension level.

Key words: emotional intelligence, job performance, mediator variable, moderator variable