Emotional Intelligence, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior among Indian School Teachers in Sultanate of Oman

The objective of the study was to find the influence of Emotional intelligence (EI) on Job Satisfaction and Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) of Indian school teachers in Sultanate of Oman. The sample included 89 (34 men and 55 women) teachers from different Indian schools in Sultanate of Oman. Organizational Citizenship Behavior Checklist constructed by Suzy Fox and Paul Spector (2009), Job Satisfaction Scale constructed by Singh and Sharma (1986), and Emotional Intelligence Scale by Schutte et al. (1998) tools were used to collect the data. The study found that there was a significant positive relationship between EI and job satisfaction, OCB and EI and between job satisfaction and OCB. Regression analysis showed that emotional intelligence significantly predicted job satisfaction and Organizational citizenship behaviour of the teachers. However, there is no significant difference between men and women teachers’ level of job satisfaction, level of EI, and OCB.