EFFECT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND JOB AUTONOMY ON JOB STATISTICIAN IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR

Abstract

Emotional intelligence and job autonomy are directly related with job satisfaction and empirical literature provide strong evidence. This research is an attempt to find out how these concepts have been viewed by various researchers. This study is based on literature review to show the conceptual clarity regarding emotional intelligence, job autonomy and job satisfaction in the context of higher education department. The following literature review examines the role of gender in terms of job autonomy and job satisfaction in higher education sector. The study also presents global perspective regarding the topics under discussions. The study concludes that stronger policy interventions are needed on this dimension of the study i.e. increasing the emotional intelligence and job autonomy to foster job satisfaction among female academician in higher education.