Emotional Intelligence – A Gateway to Success for Management Students

Abstract

Emotional Intelligence is a set of qualities that capture an individual skills and dispositions. The most important soft skill is communication skill because of which the issue of employability of management students has become very serious and critical. This can be achieved by inculcating different soft skills among students during the course of their management program.

The paper is aimed to study the impact of emotional intelligence on management students and ultimately resulting in their employability. The study has adopted a survey research design. The participants in the study were 150 (Male =100 and Female 50) management students of Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Pune. The data from these students was collected using Emotional Quotient Questionnaire. Correlation and other statistical techniques were used to analyze data. The results revealed that emotional intelligence and academic performance are both important predictors associated to student’s employability. The study has implications for the curriculum developers to inculcate emotional intelligence as an integral part of the present curriculum. This will improve the performance of the students and also enhance the overall credibility of a student for getting employed.