A Study of Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Professional Performance of Assistant Professors Teaching at Teacher Training Institutes

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to find out the relationship between emotional intelligence and professional performance of the assistant
professors teaching at Teacher Training College. The sample of the study consisted of 200 Assistant Professors from B.Ed colleges located at
Ghaziabad, Meerut, Noida and Greater Noida cities of Uttar Pradesh. Considering the independent variables namely gender, academic rank,
years of experience and age; stratified random sampling technique was used as proportionate to the size. In this study, the tools used for data
collection were; Bar-On Emotional Intelligence and Self made a questionnaire of Professional Performance. The descriptive survey method was
adopted for the study. The data, which was obtained from that survey, were analyzed using MANOVA and Regression Analysis. The findings
indicate that there is a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and the professional performance of the faculty.
Journal of Teacher Education and Research (2019). DOI: 10.36268/JTER/1416