A Gender Based Study on Emotional Intelligence and its Impact on Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Gujarat Colleges

Abstract

 Emotional intelligence and job satisfaction both are predominant topics discussed at the workplace environment. The aim of this research is to investigate, the impact of emotional intelligence on job satisfaction of teaching staff and to check the gender wise change in emotional intelligence and job satisfaction of teaching staff from different colleges of Gujarat region located in India. The scale available for emotional intelligence and job satisfaction was been applied to measure the emotional intelligence and job satisfaction of teaching staff. After the collection of data, the analysis was been carried out to reach to the conclusion. The result showed that emotional intelligence and job satisfaction both remains same no matter if they are male or female teaching staff. Moreover, the emotional intelligence affects their job satisfaction too. The results can help organizations realize human capabilities and the way to improve them by providing more attention to the human aspect.