A Study on Emotional Intelligence of Academicians in Saudi Universities

Abstract

Emotional Intelligence recognize feelings and those of others for motivating ourselves and managing the emotions and relationships. In contemporary era our education system at higher level are ample and the quality has taken a rain check. Building positive character, healthy and prosperous society etc lies on the shoulder of academicians who are knowledge builders of the society. Researches reveal that academicians with high emotional intelligence tend to be more caring and they recognize the need and they respond to the students accordingly. It is need for the time that academicians create environment of continuous learning, interactive sessions, brain storming etc. The success of individual development leads to the development of educational institutions.  Academicians must have more EI than any other professionals  hence the researcher intend to do a research about the awareness of interpersonal skill, drivers of EI, Managing EI, and factors influencing EI. Study and analysis about Self-analysis, Self-regulation and Self-motivation give better insights in this research.  250 samples are considered from different public and private universities and structured questionnaire will be used for data collection. These structured questionnaire were used in Interview schedule.    Factor analysis, Cluster analysis, Discriminant analysis along with Regression will be used. The researcher conducted Interview schedule with both public and private university academician and faculty members.