A Study on Emotional Intelligence in Relation to Interpersonal Relationship and Role Stress among School Teachers

The present study attempts to examine emotional intelligence and its relation with interpersonal relationships and role stress among school teachers. The sample used in this study included 50 female school teachers teaching in 10th, 11th, 12th Classes working in Govt. aided schools. The instruments used in the study were the Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI) by Daniel Goleman (1999), Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation Behaviour (FIRO-B) by Schuts (1978), Organizational Role Stress Scale (ORS) by Udai Pareek (1983). Mean, Standard Deviations and Pearson's Product Moment Correlation were worked out to identify the relationships between emotional intelligence, interpersonal relationships between emotional intelligence, interpersonal relationships and role stress and their various subscales. The findings of the present study show that the social awareness component of emotional intelligence is related to expressed affection component of interpersonal relationships and to the role expectation conflict which is a component of role stress.