EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND JOB SATISFACTION AS PREDICTORS OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG RESIDENT DOCTORS AT BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL MAKURDI
Keywords:
Emotional Intelligence, Job Satisfaction, Organisational Commitment, Doctors, NigeriaAbstract
The study examined the influence of emotional intelligence and job satisfaction on organisational commitment among Resident Doctors at Benue state University Teaching hospital Makurdi, Nigeria. A cross sectional descriptive quantitative study of 73 Resident Doctors with age range  25-46years was carried out using a closed ended questionnaire. The result shows that job satisfaction independently significantly influenced organisational commitment(β=0.452,t=4.294,p<0.05) but emotional intelligence did not independently significantly predict organisational commitment(β=0.196,t=1.866,p>0.05). The study further revealed that emotional intelligence and job satisfaction jointly significantly influenced organisational commitment among Resident Doctors at Benue State University Teaching Hospital Makurdi (F=11.268,p<0.05) with( R=0.499 and R2=0.227). It was therefore recommended that more effort and resources should be channelled towards improving Job satisfaction among Resident Doctors in order to increase their commitment to the hospital.References
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