02228nas a2200205   4500008004100000245015200041210006900193260002300262300001200285490000700297520151100304653001501815653001701830100002001847700002101867700002701888700001901915700002101934856006701955       2018                        eng d00aManaging the self-esteem, employment gaps, and employment quality process: The role of facilitation- and understanding-based emotional intelligence0 aManaging the selfesteem employment gaps and employment quality p  aNew York, NYc2018  a680-6930 v393 aThe job search literature addresses characteristics that facilitate reemployment but does not address the management of employment gaps. Building upon prior job search research, we suggest that facilitation-based emotional intelligence reduces employment gaps through self-esteem. Further, understanding-based emotional intelligence moderates the negative relationship between employment gaps and subsequent employment fit. We test these hypotheses employing a multi-wave data collection of 157 workers. At Time 1, undergraduate students completed a measure of self-esteem and a test of facilitation- and understanding-based emotional intelligence using the MSCEIT© V2.0. Ten years later (Time 2), the same individuals reported their employment gaps, person-organization fit, and person-job fit. Findings suggest that facilitation-based emotional intelligence is associated with higher self-esteem, which in turn leads to reduced employment gaps. Additionally, understanding-based emotional intelligence moderates the relationship between employment gaps and person-job fit such that low understanding-based emotional intelligence enhances the negative relationship and high understanding-based emotional intelligence neutralizes the relationship. This study contributes to the emotional intelligence, career management, and job search literatures by illustrating that emotional intelligence plays a role in preventing employment gaps and managing the difficulties associated with subsequent reemployment.10aManagement10aOSU-Cascades1 aDust, Scott, B.1 aRode, Joseph, C.1 aArthaud-Day, Marne, L.1 aHowes, Satoris1 aRamaswami, Aarti  uhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1379