Emotional intelligence and personality of merchandisers: An empirical analysis

Pages: 181-185
S. Hemalatha (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu)
R. Deepa (PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore. Tamil Nadu)

Emotional intelligence is a component of social intelligence. it is the ability to know our emotions, others emotions
and applying it in interpersonal relationship. Emotional intelligence serves as the antecedent for job performance,
job satisfaction and is important for managerial success. Emotional intelligence is also considered as a mixed
construct linking it with personality. The aim of the study is to determine the relationship between emotional
intelligence and personality. Deepa Krishnaveni Emotional Intelligence Test and five factor model of personality is
used in the study for measuring emotional intelligence and personality. Component based structural equation
modeling with partial least square method is used to study the relationship between emotional intelligence and
personality. Visual PLS software is used for analysis. The study found that emotional intelligence is positively
related with conscientiousness, agreeableness, extraversion, openness to experience and negatively related with
neuroticism.