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Relationship of Emotional Intelligence with Occupational Stress Across Gender and Designation


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The investigation entitled “Relationship of Emotional Intelligence with Occupational Stress across Gender and Designation” aimed to assess the relationship of Emotional Intelligence with Occupational Stress of university teachers in relation to their gender and designation. The study was based on a sample of240 respondents randomly selected from the faculty of Punj ab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, selecting 60 respondents each from four selected categories- Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, Professors and Head of the Departments. The respondents were equally divided across both the genders. For collecting the demographic information of the respondents, a General Information Sheet was prepared. Emotional Intelligence Scale by Hyde and Pethe was used to assess the emotional intelligence of the respondents. For the appraisal of occupational stress. The Occupational Stress Index by Srivastava and Singh was used. Results revealed that majority of the associate professors had low level of emotional intelligence, while head of the departments had high level of emotional intelligence. The occupational stress level was found to be highest in associate professors and lowest in head of the departments. A significant association was found between the level of emotional intelligence and the designation of the respondents. Positive correlation was observed between designation and emotional intelligence of the respondents indicating that emotional intelligence increases with the designation of the respondent.

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Emotional Intelligence, Occupational Stress, Teachers.
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Authors

Anmol Toor
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Seienee Punjab Agrieultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Tejpreet K. Kang
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Seienee Punjab Agrieultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Abstract


The investigation entitled “Relationship of Emotional Intelligence with Occupational Stress across Gender and Designation” aimed to assess the relationship of Emotional Intelligence with Occupational Stress of university teachers in relation to their gender and designation. The study was based on a sample of240 respondents randomly selected from the faculty of Punj ab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, selecting 60 respondents each from four selected categories- Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, Professors and Head of the Departments. The respondents were equally divided across both the genders. For collecting the demographic information of the respondents, a General Information Sheet was prepared. Emotional Intelligence Scale by Hyde and Pethe was used to assess the emotional intelligence of the respondents. For the appraisal of occupational stress. The Occupational Stress Index by Srivastava and Singh was used. Results revealed that majority of the associate professors had low level of emotional intelligence, while head of the departments had high level of emotional intelligence. The occupational stress level was found to be highest in associate professors and lowest in head of the departments. A significant association was found between the level of emotional intelligence and the designation of the respondents. Positive correlation was observed between designation and emotional intelligence of the respondents indicating that emotional intelligence increases with the designation of the respondent.

Keywords


Emotional Intelligence, Occupational Stress, Teachers.

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