While both higher levels of the ability to understand the emotions of others and greater trust in managers predict unique variance in the organizational outcomes, job satisfaction and organizational commitment, the relationships described herein between these two constructs offers a more sophisticated understanding of how these variables predict workplace variables. Whilst ratings of individual traits and their relationship to workplace variables provide important information concerning how individual qualities contribute to performance and workplace behaviour, they do not specifically illustrate how these individual qualities impact at the group or cultural level. Reliable assessment of cultural factors at the group or organizational level can further inform organizations about the downstream effects of more or less effective behaviours on group dynamics and performance. The results of the present study provide preliminary evidence concerning the role of group level EI, trust in leaders, and their mediating role in individual job satisfaction and organizational commitment.