The role of emotional intelligence towards career success among employee’s at RISDA / Siti Nadzirah Mohamad Salleh

This study intends to see the role of Emotional Intelligence towards career success. Four objectives have been set in order to achieve the purpose of this study. The first objective is to determine the level of El. The second objective is to determine the level of career success. The third objective is to identify the relationship between emotional intelligence (El) and career success, and fourth is to determine which among the five dimensions of El namely as self-awareness, managing emotions, motivation, empathy and social skill is most contribute to the career success. So, in order to achieve this objective, a quantitative method was employed and data were collected by distributing 44 questionnaires to all employees at RISDA Negeri Johor. The data were analyzed using Descriptive Analysis, Pearson Correlation Analysis and Regression Analysis. The results showed that there is high level of El and career success that exist in the organization. The results indicated that there is a strong relationship between El and career success. The results also revealed that managing emotion is the factor that most influence the career success, followed by self-awareness, motivation, social skill and empathy. In conclusions, it shows that individuals with high El tend to be more success in their career compared to those with lower El. Hence, it shows that El is an important factor that influenced career success.