The role of emotional intelligence on job satisfaction among school teachers

Social Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-129

  Salim, Syed Sofian Syed ^a   Nasir, Rohany ^b   Arip, Mohammad Aziz Shah Mohamed ^a   Mustafa, Muhammad Bazlan ^a  

^a SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Emotional competence inventory; Emotional Intelligence (EI); Job diagnostic survey; Job satisfaction; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860761460     PISSN: 18185800     EISSN: 19936125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/sscience.2012.125.129     Document Type: Article

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