The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Style of Managers in Predicting Employee Job Satisfaction

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership style of managers with job satisfaction of employees. The design of this research is descriptive of correlation type and its statistical society consists of all employees and managers of Iran Petrochemical Development Development Management Company. The research sample was conducted using a total number of managers in the sample and a simple random in the staff (25 managers, 75 employees). Herzberg Job Satisfaction Questionnaire, Shiring Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, and Multifactor Leadership Style Questionnaire (BAS and ELOI) were used. The results of data analysis indicated that there is a positive relationship between emotional intelligence and transformational leadership style of managers with job satisfaction level (p≤0.05). Emotional intelligence and transformational leadership style have the ability to predict employees job satisfaction at confidence level (p≤0.05). In contrast, non-intervention leadership style showed an inverse relationship with job satisfaction (p≥0.05). The results of this research emphasize the role of emotional intelligence and transformational leadership style as factors affecting job satisfaction increase in employees and does not consider improving and improving the level of productivity of public and private organizations independent of this issue

Keywords:

Emotional Intelligence , Leadership Style , Job Satisfaction