TY - JOUR T1 - The Role of Emotional Intelligence on Job Satisfaction among School Teachers AU - Syed Salim, Syed Sofian AU - Nasir, Rohany AU - Shah Mohamed Arip, Mohammad Aziz AU - Bazlan Mustafa, Muhammad JO - The Social Sciences VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 125 EP - 129 PY - 2012 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2012.125.129 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2012.125.129 KW - Emotional Intelligence (EI) KW -job satisfaction KW -emotional competence inventory KW -job diagnostic survey KW -effectiveness KW -Malaysia AB - Without Emotional Intelligence (EI), a person can have the best training, an analytical mind and endless supply of ideas but will not make a great leader. Since, the teaching profession involves teaching, nurturing and leading, it may be assumed that EI is very important in ensuring teachers’ effectiveness and job satisfaction. A total of 1200 primary and secondary school teachers from 60 schools in Malaysia participated in this research. The objective of this research was to ascertain the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) on job satisfaction and the effect of gender on the relationship between EI and job satisfaction. A set of questionnaires containing Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI) for measuring EI and Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) for measuring job satisfaction was used. Results of this study showed a significant positive relationship between EI and job satisfaction and no effect of gender on the relationship between the two variables. ER -