The effect of emotional intelligence through mobile education on job satisfaction among female staff of Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences

Journal Title: طب پیشگیری - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2

Abstract

Introduction: People with high emotional intelligence are more likely to have more satisfaction with life, enjoying a family environment, and sharing their feelings with others. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence through mobile education on job satisfaction among female staff of Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test post-test design and a control group. To evaluate the job satisfaction, a job questionnaire questionnaire was used. Out of the staff of the Health School, all 50 women were selected by census method as the intervention group. After completing job satisfaction questionnaires by all female staff, emotional intelligence topics were taught to the intervention group through mobile training for 5 weeks. After 40 days, the job satisfaction questionnaires were completed again in both intervention and control groups. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. Results: The results showed that training emotional intelligence by mobile, significantly influences the job satisfaction, workplace satisfaction, satisfaction from colleagues, and satisfaction from supervisor in female employees of school of public health (P-Value<0.05), but it has no significant effect on the satisfaction from salary and bonus (P-Value>0.05). The results also showed that there was no significant relationship between job satisfaction and demographic characteristics in female employees (P-Value<0.05). Conclusion: Considering the confirmed effect of emotional intelligence mobile learning on job satisfaction of female employees, it is suggested that university administrators emphasize on the emotional intelligence in order to improve the employees' job satisfaction.

Authors and Affiliations

Tahereh Moghanian, Najmeh Baghian Zarchi, Alavie Zainab Mousavian Asl, Mohammad Hosein Baghiani Moghadam, Bahram Kouhnavard

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Tahereh Moghanian, Najmeh Baghian Zarchi, Alavie Zainab Mousavian Asl, Mohammad Hosein Baghiani Moghadam, Bahram Kouhnavard (2017). The effect of emotional intelligence through mobile education on job satisfaction among female staff of Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. طب پیشگیری, 4(2), 1-7. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-386702