RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING OF EMPLOYEES IN AN ORGANIZATION

DIVYA DOVINA T.; CHANCHAL NAIR

Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2014

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING OF EMPLOYEES IN AN ORGANIZATION

Divya Dovina T. , Chanchal Nair

Abstract :

As many nations of the world enter an era of post materialism in which basic survival needs are met, interest in Subjective Well–Being is likely to grow, affecting the ways in which policy makers govern. Continued research into Subjective Well–Being may ultimately answer the question of what composes the �good life.� Campbell, Converse, and Rodgers (1976) found that the demographic factors of age, sex, income, race, education, and marital status accounted for less than 20% of the variance in Subjective Well–Being. Argyle (1999) determined that external circumstances account for approximately 15% of the variance in Subjective Well–Being. It is concluded that personal reactions to life�s circumstances are more important than the events themselves and that personality affects our reactions. The present study examined the relationship between subjective wellbeing and emotional intelligence. Positive and negative affect schedule (PANAS) by Watson, Clark &Tellegen (1988) ,The satisfaction with life scale byDiener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin (1985) and The assessing emotions scale bySchutte, Malouff&Bhullar (1998) was used. Non probability convenient sampling method was used to collect data. Pearson�s product moment correlation, student�s independent t–test and ANOVA were carried out to test the formulated hypotheses.