Emotional Intelligence and Life Satisfaction Among Public and Private Sector Employees: A Study of Quetta City

Abstract

This study is a part of a larger MPhil research project on relationship between emotional intelligence, self-esteem and life satisfaction of private and public sector employees in the Discipline of Psychology. The present study intends to explore the connection among emotional intelligence and life satisfaction among public and private sector employees of Quetta city. The study sample was comprised of N=300. The Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WEIS) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) were used to measure the relationship between two variables. The linear regression was administered to test the hypothesis.  The analysis of gathered data inveterate the formulated hypothesis as emotional intelligence had significant positive relationship with life satisfaction.