Title: The impact of emotional intelligence on work life balance among the faculty members' performance in the private universities using multivariate analysis, Tamil Nadu, India - an empirical study

Authors: A. Vasumathi; Mary T. Sagaya; Kameswara Rao Poranki

Addresses: VIT Business School, VIT University, Vellore-632 014, Tamil Nadu, India ' Auxilium College, Gandhi Nagar, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632006, India ' College of Business and Economics, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa City, Ethiopia

Abstract: In today's competitive scenario of the educational institutions, the ability to work with emotion is a vital part of any individual's skill set. The excellence in the performance of the work is achieved at the cost of the personal life. Any human being expects an excellent living, it requires a balance between work life and family life becomes inevitable. Emotional intelligence is an essential factor responsible for better performance in work and family life and it facilitate to minimise the stress. In this regard, the researchers have selected three private universities for the study to find out the impact of emotional intelligence on work life balance among the faculty members' performance in Tamil Nadu, India. The discriminant analysis proved that there is a significant association between the universities and the determinants of EI and WLB. The conjoint analysis revealed the important attributes of EI and WLB and the best and least possible combinations for the impact of EI on WLB. The study found that the faculty members with high EI would plan their work properly which would helpful in avoiding long working hours and conducting meeting after office hours.

Keywords: emotional intelligence; work life balance; life work balance; conflict; stress and performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2019.102028

International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2019 Vol.34 No.1, pp.1 - 20

Received: 13 Mar 2017
Accepted: 11 Jun 2017
Published online: 04 Sep 2019 *

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