Emotional Intelligence on Job Attitudes of Employees

AUTHOR(S)

Dr Kavyashree M B, Dr Anupama Sundar D

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46647/ijetms.2023.v07i04.050

ABSTRACT
The diverse nature of modern business operations has made it a strategic necessity to have a proper understanding of oneself as well as why others act the way they do, this is so as to work cooperatively, harmoniously, and freely with them to mitigate conflict tendencies inherent in human nature. Therefore, achieving such harmonious and cooperative atmosphere is premised on the degree of emotional intelligence of all members of the organization irrespective of their level and position occupied. Emotional intelligence is defined as an ability of the person to assess and control his own emotion and emotion of others. The emotional intelligence had played a vital role in the organizational productivity. The person with high emotional intelligence shows a positive attitude towards the organization and EI had a significant effect on job attitudes of the employees. The EI model had four fundamental aspects like recognizing emotions, understanding emotions, regulating emotions and using emotions. Organizational settings are now considered important arenas for the manifestation of human emotions. In order to establish long-term success, today’s organizations continually emphasize the search for emotionally intelligent employees. This study aims to explore the influence of emotional intelligence on job attitudes (such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job involvement, perceived organizational support, and employee engagement) of employees to understand the employees' emotions and feelings at the workplace. Random sampling has been adopted to collect data from the respondents. Sample size deemed for the study was 86. Data was collected from employees working in various IT industries. Factor and regression analysis were applied to analyze the data. The study reveals that results demonstrated a significant positive influence of emotional intelligence on job attitudes (such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job involvement, perceived organizational support, and employee engagement) of employees. The research highlights the importance of Emotional Intelligence of employees that needs to be understood by the employees in the organization so that employees can effectively and efficiently work in the workplace. Since World Economic Forum under the category of the future of jobs have listed Emotional intelligence as the major skill required for the future workplace.

Page No: 362 - 375

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How to Cite This Article:
Dr Kavyashree M B, Dr Anupama Sundar D . Emotional Intelligence on Job Attitudes of Employees . ijetms;7(4):362-375. DOI: 10.46647/ijetms.2023.v07i04.050