The effect of emotional intelligence on job satisfaction of Gas company’s employees

Subject Areas : sociology

Mohammad Reza  Bakhshalizadeh ¹ (کارشناسی‌ارشد ارتباطات اجتماعی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تبریز- ایران.)
Neda  Suleimani ² (استادیار گروه ارتباطات اجتماعی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تبریز- ایران (نویسنده مسئول).)

Received: 2016-10-29 Accepted : 2016-10-29 Published : 2016-03-20

Keywords: Emotional intelligence, Job satisfaction, Employees of Gas Company,

Abstract :

Job satisfaction of employees has been considered by managers and organizational thinkers during recent decades increasingly. More studies were conducted related to understanding effective factors on job satisfaction. Therefore, this study intended to identify the effect of emotional intelligence on job satisfaction of Gas company’s employees. The research was conducted using survey methodology. To do this, a questionnaire was designed to measure these variables and then it was distributed among 235 employees of Gas company’s employees after confirmation of its reliability and validity. Data gathered using the questionnairewas analyzed through SPSS software and Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Multi-Vitiate Regression. Results suggested that there was a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and its dimensions with job satisfaction of employees of Gas Company.  

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