Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence And Job Satisfaction Among Health Workers

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Nwankwo, Barnabas Ekpere
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	This study investigated the relationship between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction among health workers. A total of 116 participants comprising 45 doctors and 71 nurses were selected from National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu State. They between the ages of 24 years-64 years with a mean age of 45 years. They were selected, making use of purposive stratified sampling technique. The participants were administered a 20-item Minnesota satisfaction questionnaire, 33-item emotional intelligence scale and 22-item Maslach Burnout Inventory. Here, regression analysis was applied as a statistical test to analyze the data. The findings revealed that there was a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction among health workers (r = .67 < 0.01). This shows that as emotional intelligence increases, job satisfaction will increase. Keywods: emotional intelligence, job satisfaction, nurses, medical doctors, nigerian health workers
Starting Page	19
Ending Page	23
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.9790/1959-0251923
Volume Number	2
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://iosrjournals.org/iosr-jnhs/papers/vol2-issue5/D0251923.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.9790/1959-0251923
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article