The Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Work-Family Conflict Among Employees in Manufacturing Environment Using Structural Equation Modeling

Subject Areas : Business Strategy

Muhammad Kazem Bighami ¹ , Farshid Abdi ² , Mohsen Seyyed Aliakbar ³

1 - Department of Industrial Engineering, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Industrial Engineering, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Industrial Engineering, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2014-04-20 Accepted : 2014-06-20 Published : 2015-04-01

Keywords: Emotional intelligence, work-family conflict and manufacturing environment,

Abstract :

This paper examines the relation between emotional intelligenceand work-family conflict in manufacturing environment. A questionnairesurvey was carried out to explore this relation at carpet factoriesin Kashan, Iran. A 28-item questionnaire which consist of emotionalintelligence and work-family conflict parts was carried out to investigatethe relation between these variables. Some basic socio-demographicquestions were included too. Questionnaires were distributed among375 employees working at different carpet factories in Kashan and 190questionnaires were analyzed.It was found that emotional intelligenceand work-family conflict and some of their dimensions are significantly related to each other and the behavioral model of these relations wasfitted.