Demographic Correlates of Emotional Intelligence: Indian Scenario

Abstract

The interest and realization of the importance of emotions at work has resulted in a growing interest in the field of Emotional Intelligence in organizational context. Today, our lives are filled with changes at work and at home. The old expectations about work relationships just do not apply anymore. In this context, the researcher was curious to find the effect of demographic variables on Emotional Intelligence as this will give direction as how to enhance it. The organizational demographic correlates studied in the present research are management level, mode of recruitment, number of years in service, age and type of organization. The organizational variables which have yielded the most significant effect on Emotional Intelligence are management level followed by the type of organization and years in service.