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Assessing Emotional Intelligence: Academic Performance & Overall Personality Development
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This paper identifies the degree of Emotional Intelligence (EI) experienced by different branches of post graduate students. It also studies the effect of EI on demographic variables like Age, Gender&Educational Qualification. The interrelationship between EI, Academic Performance&Personality Development was also examined here. Based on a total sample of 600 post graduate students a comprehensive EI inventory was developed. ANOVA was computed to study the differences in EI of various branches of post graduate students. Factor Analytical approach was used to define various EI dimensions. The results showed that majority of post graduate students possessed high EI&management graduates (MBA students) had high EI compared to other branch students.
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