THE EFFECTS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND LOCUS OF CONTROL ON JOB SATISFACTION AND LIFE SATISFACTION

Year 2017, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 150 - 170, 21.06.2017

Hakan Turgut , İsmail Tokmak , M. Fikret Ateş

Abstract

The aim of this study is
to determine the effects of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Locus of Control
(LoC) on Job Satisfaction (JS) and Life Satisfaction (LS) in two different
research models. The data were collected from 223 teachers in 15 different high
schools in Ankara-Turkey by an e-survey prepared for aim of this research. The
reliability of research scales were found quite high for this sample. According
to the regression analyses, EI has a direct effect on JS and LS however, LoC
doesn’t affect JS and LS. Besides, in the relationships between EI and JS or EI
and LS, LoC has no indirect effect. LoC affects Appraisal of Emotions (AoE) the
dimension of EI, JS and LS positively and AoE has a positive direct effect on
the relationship between LoC and JS, as well. And finally, EI has no indirect
effect on the relationship between LoC and LS.

Keywords

locus of control, job satisfaction, emotional intelligence

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