Emotional Intelligence and Life Satisfaction: A Review

Abstract

Life satisfaction is the ultimate goal of a human being. To achieve this goal, individuals struggle throughout their life. The biggest challenge they face while accomplishing this goal is to deal with their emotions because emotional intelligence has a power to affect interpersonal relationships and organizational performances. Researchers from various disciplines are increasingly interested in investigating the concept of life satisfaction in relation to emotional intelligence because of the insightful results it produces in every area. This study aims to review the various research papers published in accordance with the relationship of emotional intelligence and life satisfaction. Analysis of various researches shows that there are various factors that affect the life satisfaction but emotional intelligence plays a crucial role in determining life satisfaction.