Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Richa Shukla ¹, Dinesh Nagar ¹

Affiliations
1 Barkatullah University, Bhopal, M.P., IN

Abstract

The sagacious use of emotions or emotional intelligence in the workplace is being recognized as an influential factor in enhancing the well being and work related outcomes. Similarly job performance is the most extensively researched criterion variable in both organizational bahaviour and human resource management literatures. The present study was conducted as part of a larger study in a public sector organization with an all India presence. This study explored the impact of gender and managerial levels on emotional intelligence andjob performance. 300 IRS officers (232 Males and 68 Females) from the four zones (east, west, north and south) and three managerial levels (147 junior, 90 middle and 63 senior level) were asked to rate 60 items of emotional intelligence in a scale developed by Singh and 33 items in a self developed scale of job performance. Results found that female officers exhibit relatively higher social skills (component of EI) as compare to male officers whereas there is no difference in job performance among male and female officers. Furthermore, officers of senior managerial level exhibited higher self regulation and social skills and also higher organizational commitment, satisfaction with rewards and incentives, high organizational support and totaljob performance as compare to the officers ofjunior and middle managerial levels.

Keywords

Emotional Intelligence, Job Performance, Gender, Managerial Levels, Indian Revenue Service Officers.

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Jaya Jotwani ¹, Dinesh Nagar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department ofPsyehology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Residential satisfaction in high rise apartment complexes have been emerged as influencing trameworks in psychology and personal life satisfaction, health and well-being. In the Indian context very few studies on residential satisfaction has been conducted in high rise residential complexes. The present study attempts to examine the main and interactional effects of floor level and gender on evaluation of complex amenities, community life style, health, happiness and residential satisfaction. Three hundred male and female residents participated in the present survey. A 2x2 factorial design structure involving gender (male vrs females) and two floor levels (higher vrs lower) was utilized. The main effects ol^gender and floor levels on maj or outcome variables were not found significant. While looking at the results it seems very clear that substantially large number of residents exhibited moderately high level of satisfaction with complex amenities, reported moderately high level of residential satisfaction and better community life style in the complex. Moreover, a large number of significant interactional effects between gender and floor levels on social support, health, happiness and residential satisfaction were found. Some of the results are found consistent with the previous studies. Implications of the results are discussed.

Keywords

Residential Satisfaction, Satisfaction with Amenities, Community Life, Health, Happiness.

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