The effect of emotional intelligence on police officers’ work–life balance

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mokana Muthu Kumarasamy ◽  
Faizuniah Pangil ◽  
Mohd Faizal Mohd Isa
Author(s):  
Mushk Qasim Memon ◽  
Mahvish Khaskhely ◽  
Adnan Pitafi

Work Life Balance (WLB) is the current biggest problem being faced by the corporate employees. This research aims to evaluate the challenges of WLB that an employee has to face in his daily life, meanwhile what role does Emotional Intelligence (EI) play and to see how organizations can initiate to support them to improve their WLB and make them satisfied of their job. It aims to find out the impact of EI employee Job Satisfaction (JS) in the presence of WLB of corporate employees in Karachi, Hyderabad and Thatta. To fulfill this purpose, quantitative methodology was adopted, 300 questionnaires were distributed, and SPSS version 22 was used to analyse data. The results indicate that EI has significant and positive impact on employee JS whether in the presence or absence of WLB. Finally, the results of ANOVA test between male and female employees are statistically different for WLB and EI but no significant difference between the genders was statistically found for JS. There is also no significance difference observed between marital status for EI, WLB and JS. From the findings of the research, some solutions are recommended to improve employees WLB for their job satisfaction in corporate sector.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-103
Author(s):  
Kanesan, P.

This article discussed the findings of previous studies on emotional intelligence in Royal Malaysia Police. Based on the review, emotional intelligence related to job stress, job satisfaction, job commitment, work-life balance, and psychological well-being of police officers. Review concludes that no significant differences in emotional intelligence by demographic factors like salary, working department, age, marital status, length of service, and job position. Police department has to organise training and seminars to enhance the emotional intelligence level of police officers. More studies have to be done on emotional intelligence in the police department, thus the findings will be helpful for the organisation’s development.   Keywords: Demographic factors; Police job nature; Job stress; Royal Malaysia Police


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