A Study on Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction among School Teachers

This study attempts to find the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Job satisfaction by analysing factors of years of Experience,  Educational level, Family Income and Structure. The sample for this study consisted of 51 school teachers who were currently teaching in a school setting. This sample was selected from volunteer school teachers who are working in St. Patrick’s ICSE School Chennai. Emotional Intelligence by Dr. Immanuel Thomas and Sushama, S.R. (2003). And Job Satisfaction by Bubey, B.L., Uppal, K.M and Verma , S.K (1989) Tools used for this study. The result is that Emotional Intelligence has positive impact on Job satisfaction. Therefore, individuals who have capacity to be aware of, control, and express one’s emotions and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically will be able to handle work place challenges and that could in turn lead to Job satisfaction.