Emotional intelligence and job satisfaction among the executives

Emotional intelligence helps the individual to meet the demands of the society and provide a feeling of self-satisfaction. According to the Bar-On (1997) model, emotional intelligence is an emotional competencies, skills and facilitators that determine how well we understand and express ourselves, understand others and relate with them, and cope with daily demands, challenges, and pressures. Job satisfaction is based on one’s feelings or state of mind regarding the nature of work. The happier people are with their job, the more satisfied they are said to be. The data for this study was collected through survey method. The results of this study reveal that executives with up to 2 dependents in their family have higher reality testing and flexibility skills than their counter parts. Further details were discussed in this paper.