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Job Satisfaction as a Mediator Between Leader’s Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Engagement Among Teachers


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The present research aims to determine the mediating role of Job satisfaction between the leader’s emotional intelligence and Organisational Engagement of teachers and also the relation of emotional intelligence of the group leaders with Employee Job Satisfaction and Organizational Engagement. Group leaders here means Top management in educational institutions. This research will try to bridge up the research gap and add to empirical findings in the particular field. The survey is conducted using the survey questionnaire specially designed for the purpose of exploring the relation between emotional intelligence, Job satisfaction and Organisational engagement. Questionnaires were distributed to 200 teachers working in different educational institutions in Delhi-NCR Region and 128 questions were analyzed. A 36-questions survey, which incorporates the parts of Emotional intelligence, job satisfaction and Organisational Engagement was completed to search the relationship among these factors. Some essential questions about personal details likewise included. To analyze the data, Multiple regression analysis was used. It was found Job Satisfaction mediates significantly between leader’s Emotional Intelligence and Organisational Engagement.

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Emotional Intelligence, Emotions, Satisfaction, Organization, Engagement.
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Kavita Sharma
Institute of Business Management, GLA University, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


The present research aims to determine the mediating role of Job satisfaction between the leader’s emotional intelligence and Organisational Engagement of teachers and also the relation of emotional intelligence of the group leaders with Employee Job Satisfaction and Organizational Engagement. Group leaders here means Top management in educational institutions. This research will try to bridge up the research gap and add to empirical findings in the particular field. The survey is conducted using the survey questionnaire specially designed for the purpose of exploring the relation between emotional intelligence, Job satisfaction and Organisational engagement. Questionnaires were distributed to 200 teachers working in different educational institutions in Delhi-NCR Region and 128 questions were analyzed. A 36-questions survey, which incorporates the parts of Emotional intelligence, job satisfaction and Organisational Engagement was completed to search the relationship among these factors. Some essential questions about personal details likewise included. To analyze the data, Multiple regression analysis was used. It was found Job Satisfaction mediates significantly between leader’s Emotional Intelligence and Organisational Engagement.

Keywords


Emotional Intelligence, Emotions, Satisfaction, Organization, Engagement.

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