Mediating Effects of Job Satisfaction in the Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Organisational Performance

Globalisation has sparked many developments around the world. This has complicated the business environment. With the trade agreements being organized and conducted, the business environment has become complex. Organisations need to be competitive to sustain. The need to identify their competitive edge becomes urgent. Ideally, a good core competency needs to fulfill certain conditions for example, rare and unique. The workforce represents a good core competence as its rare and cannot be substituted. 2 elements of the workforce are being focused in this study, they are Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction. The study seeks to determine the mediating effects of Job Satisfaction among the executives in an organisation. A total of 110 executives participated in this study. They were given a set of questionnaires to complete. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to determine the mediating effects. It was found that Job Satisfaction has partial mediating effects to Organisational Performance.