EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS TOWARDS JOB PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY AMONG WOMEN COLLEGE TEACHERS AT MADURAI CITY

The ability to understand and manage one’s own emotions as well as the capacity to influence the emotions of others is known as Emotional Intelligence. (Salovey & Mayer, 1990) Multiple studies have been conducted among Indian educators to assess emotional intelligence in relation to demographic, professional, and various psychological factors. However, the diverse range of measurement scales, types of teachers, and inconsistent findings make it challenging to derive any significant conclusions from this heterogeneous data. This study investigated the different aspects of Emotional Intelligence and how they affect the performance of female college teachers. A total of 300 sets of questionnaires were delivered in the self-administered survey. This research used the purposive sampling method to pick the sample. Consequently, there were 250 valid sets of questionnaires that were filled out and used SPSS software version 21 for subsequent analysis. The data was collected using a standardized questionnaire, and the Correlation Coefficient analysis and Multiple Regression analysis were used to analyse the data. The findings indicate a substantial and positive correlation coefficient among different forms of Emotional Intelligence. Therefore, the study determined that there is a robust and positive relationship between several aspects of Emotional Intelligence and the performance of female college teachers.