A Correlational Study on Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction

Abstract

Emotional intelligence is the capacity to recognize, understand, express, regulate, assess,and make use of emotions in order to interact and connect with people in a positive andproductive way.Employees' feelings of engagement and fulfilment at work are referred to as job satisfaction. It is the amount of job satisfaction among employees. Employees feel secure and safe in their jobs, which leads to job satisfaction. The primary goal of the current study is to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction among youth. For this purpose, a sample of 100 adult participants belonging to age group 18-24 years was taken from Delhi NCR region. Data was analyzed by using Pearson correlation. Following questionnaire were used for collecting the data i.e., EIS (Emotional Intelligence Scale) developed Hyde, Lethe and Dhar (2001) andMinnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) was developed by Weiss, Dawis, England, and Lofquist (1967).The findings of the study revealed that there is a positive correlation between job satisfaction and emotional intelligence among youth.