Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction Mediated by...

Job satisfaction of employees is one of the emerging issues for today’s HR managers based on the strategic link between job satisfaction and employee productivity. Satisfaction of employees is a complex phenomenon as it depends on various factors for employees at different hierarchal level of the enterprise. It is therefore essential for the executives of the organizations to cope with this challenge strategically. Job satisfaction concerns with physical as well as psychological aspects of jobs. Personal factors of employees should be linked with financial gains in order to achieve the long term viability of the organizational objectives. Emotional intelligence concept is vital which use social skills in understanding the personal†¦show more content†¦Dissatisfied employees are usually emotionally and mentally detached from the organization, become less committed and are more prone towards leaving the organization (Lok and Crawford 2008). The positive or negative feelings related to the job, perception that work is not imposed, emotional response to tasks and, physical and social work conditions refer to job satisfaction (Herzberg et al., 1959; Locke, 1983; Iaffaldano, and Muchinsky, 1985). The individual within a work environment builds an attitude towards the job on the basis of the perception of the presence and absence of the job characteristics concerning their particular needs (P orter, 1961). Job satisfaction is considered as indescribable and mythical concept which have been centre of attention of researchers and managers since a long time (Gautam; Mandal and Dalal, 2006). The level of satisfaction within a job is considered to be most important information concerning an employee (Roznowski and Hulin, 1992). For this particular reason the interest of managers and human recourse specialists remained in the ways of improving satisfaction of an employee within a job (Cranny, Smith, Stone, 1992). Hopkins (1983) defined job satisfaction as â€Å"the fulfillment or gratification of certain needs of the individual that areShow MoreRelatedLeadership Development Model Of Bass And Avolio9476 Words   |  38 PagesINTRODUCTION Hayward (2005) pointed out that the studies on leadership have been ongoing as far back as early 1900. This is prompted by the fact that man has always sought to answer what is it about a leader that distinguishes him or her from another leader, what it is about an individual that makes him or her a leader, why do some leaders fail and why do some other leaders excel etc. In attempt to provide answers to these questions, several leadership theories and approaches has been established. 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