Open AccessASSOCIATION AMONG EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND JOB SATISFACTION OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS IN DISTRICT CHARSSADA, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
Author(s) -
Shakila Malik,
Asma Asma,
Zafar Iqbal,
Rahim Khan,
Fiaz Hussain
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
humanities and social sciences reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2395-6518
DOI - 10.18510/hssr.2021.93150
Subject(s) - emotional intelligence , cronbach's alpha , psychology , job satisfaction , khyber pakhtunkhwa , stratified sampling , descriptive statistics , social psychology , emotional exhaustion , applied psychology , test (biology) , clinical psychology , statistics , mathematics , burnout , psychometrics , paleontology , socioeconomics , sociology , biology
Purpose of the research: To cope with the upcoming challenges in the contemporary work environment and especially in organizational features, Emotional intelligence (EI) and Job satisfaction (JS) are taken as main highly interested assumptions by researchers because of serving as a viable role in the personal and organizational life of personals.
Methodology: Quantitative approach with a questionnaire as a research tool having 205 sample sizes was distributed among universities teacher’s in-district Charssada to collect the data. A random sampling technique was used for sample selection. KMO and Bartlett's Test for validity and Cronbach alpha for reliability were used respectively. Furthermore, statistical analysis was done by the researchers through descriptive statistics, t-test compression, and multiple regression analysis.
Main Findings: The teacher’s emotional intelligence shown a significant positive correlation with JS. furthermore, various aspects of EI were also explored for correlation with Job satisfaction. Results showed that ‘‘emotion regulation (ER)’’ (B=.362, p .05) was not found to be related to job satisfaction. Furthermore, ‘emotion regulation (ER)’’ was found to be a suppressor variable in the present research.
Applications of this study: The role of teachers’ emotional intelligence with the background to increase their job satisfaction level will be enlightening through this research. This study will also help university teachers to know their own emotions as well as the others, at the workplace. Results will help stimulate further research. Implications of the findings are discussed for academics and practitioners.
Novelty/Originality of this study: The core message of this study based on the correlative link of job satisfaction and emotional intelligence is that more rational thoughts are needed rather than effective action for teacher’s better performance in the workplace. From a theoretical perspective, the mentioned study focuses on important constructs and taking into account that, limited research is found on these two notions in the Pakistani context. Finding the relationship of emotional intelligence with job satisfaction in public university teachers in Pakistan is the novelty of the study as the research on this spectrum in the local population has not been considered before.