Impact of Emotional Intelligence in Organizational Commitment among Employees of Educational Sector: Moderating Role of Personality Traits and Gender
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47067/ramss.v7i4.375Keywords:
Emotional Intelligence, Organizational Commitment, Gender, Personality Traits, Employees, Educational SectorsAbstract
Purpose: This study, grounded in Emotional Intelligence Theory by Daniel Goleman aims to study the impact of Emotional Intelligence on the Organizational Commitment of employees working in educational sectors. This study further identifies the personality traits and gender acting as the moderator between emotional intelligence and organizational commitment.
Participants and Methods: The study's sample consists of men and women who work in different educational institutions. The employees working in various educational sectors were administered using a series of questionnaires to gauge their demographic information, personality traits, emotional intelligence, and organizational commitment. Utilizing SPSS26.0, the data was examined to determine the influence of gender and personality factors as well as emotional intelligence on organizational commitment.
Results: The current study found a substantial relationship between emotional intelligence and organizational commitment in workers in the education sector. The Big Five Inventory moderator has a weak but somewhat significant impact, and the study further demonstrates the strong impact of gender on organizational commitment. According to the study, there is no difference in organizational commitment between male and female means of gender, but there is a difference between them when it comes to the big five inventory.
Conclusion: Emotional intelligence has a significant impact on the organizational commitment of workers in the education sector. The results of the current study also showed that although personality qualities may serve as a moderator in some way between organizational commitment and emotional intelligence, gender is not a relevant moderator.
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