Emotional Intelligence of the Secondary School Teachers in Relation to their Social Intelligence

Abstract

The present study aims to find out the differences on emotional intelligence and social intelligence between male and female secondary school teachers. It was also the purpose to assess the significant differences on emotional intelligence of the secondary schoolteachers on the basis of three levels of social intelligence, i.e.; high, average and low. The sample of the study consisted of 400 secondary school teachers; out of which 200 were male teachers and 200 were female teachers. They were administered Mangal's Emotional Intelligence test and Chadha's test of Social Intelligence. The results show that (i) there exist no differences on emotional intelligence between male and female teachers; (ii) male and female teachers differ on some dimensions of social intelligence; where female teachers have been found to be more socially intelligence, (iii) there is a positive relationship between emotional intelligence and social intelligence; as there exist significant differences on all components of emotional intelligence between three groups of teachers with high, average and low social intelligence.