Assessing the Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Occupation Stress in a Manufacturing Organization

Abstract

Though current occupational stress at workplace is quite common, it was found relevant to identify,if the employee’s EQ Levels help them to handle Occupational stress in a better way. The major variables causing /defining occupational stress and variables defining emotional intelligence were identified and measured by conducting a survey through a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire had three sections each for measuring occupational stress, factors causing stress at workplace and emotional quotient. The population for this research comprised of 482 corporate employees from 14 departments of a manufacturing organization in Tamil Nadu. A sample size of 115 was determined at 95% confidence level and with confidence interval of 8. The valid response rate was 90% and it was analyzed using various statistical analysis tools. Though it was observed through percentage analysis that very meager percentage of employees had high stress at workplace and majority had high Emotional Quotient but subsequent analysis using other statistical tools revealed that there wasn’t any noteworthy  association between Occupational Stress and Emotional Intelligence Quotient as far as the study sample is concerned. However, the Department Cluster did show an association with the Occupational Stress Levels.