TY  - JOUR
T1  - Emotional Intelligence and the Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment of Employee in Public Parastatals in Oyo State, Nigeria
AU - , D.A. Adeyemo 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
SP  - 324
EP  - 330
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2007.324.330
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2007.324.330
KW  - Emotional intelligence
KW  -job satisfaction
KW  -organization commitment
KW  -public parastatals
AB  - This research examines the mediating effect of emotional intelligence on the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Two hundred and forty employees randomly drawn from five public parastatals in Oyo State constituted the study`s sample. Variables in the study were assessed using four validated instruments. Descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and hierarchical regression analysis were employed to analyze the data. The significant findings of the study reveal that there was significant impact of job satisfaction on organizational commitment and that emotional intelligence mediates the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Based on the findings, it is suggested that emotional intelligence could be used as an intervention to enhance organizational commitment.
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