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Relationship between Demographic Variables and Emotional Intelligence among Bank Employees - A Study


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The present study intends to examine the relationship between demographic variables and emotional intelligence of bank employees. The relationship between selected demographic factors like age, gender, educational qualification, marital status, income and experience with emotional intelligence was examined. Emotional intelligence was measured through the scale developed by Schutte.et.al (1998) containing 33 items. Questionnaire was distributed randomly to 100 respondents who were bank employees. Z-test was performed to test the hypothesis showing significant relationship between emotional intelligence and demographic variables. Results indicate that there exists a significant relationship between demographic variables and emotional intelligence.
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R. P. Das
Institute of Management, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, India
Tapas Lata Sahu
Institute of Management, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, India

Abstract


The present study intends to examine the relationship between demographic variables and emotional intelligence of bank employees. The relationship between selected demographic factors like age, gender, educational qualification, marital status, income and experience with emotional intelligence was examined. Emotional intelligence was measured through the scale developed by Schutte.et.al (1998) containing 33 items. Questionnaire was distributed randomly to 100 respondents who were bank employees. Z-test was performed to test the hypothesis showing significant relationship between emotional intelligence and demographic variables. Results indicate that there exists a significant relationship between demographic variables and emotional intelligence.

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