Emotional Intelligence: It’s Impact on Working women’s physical-mental wellness and stress

By : Meera Shankar

Page No: 247-254

Abstract
Indian Women have accepted the challenge of going out to work, which is demanding, in the era of cutthroat competition. Work place has become more challenging, as a result, women are also expected to work hard. Hence, workload and expectations have increased. Back home they are expected to take care of family members and other household job. Thus, women are stretching themselves mechanically to remain in the competition, and try to give their best in both place. Resultantly, they are working under continuous pressure, stressed, in turn having issues related to physical and mental wellness. Emotional Intelligence is the ability to understand and check various negative feelings, i.e. anger, anguish, impulsiveness, stress, anxiety and comprehend about positive feelings of patience, empathy, confidence which gives coping mechanism to the individuals to understand the situation in better way. It is an expertise that reduces the stress. The main objective of the present research article is to find out the impact of emotional intelligence on working women’s mental, physical wellness and stress management.

Authors :
Meera Shanker : (PhD), Professor in OB & HR – Dept. of Edu. Management Studies, JDBIMS, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai-400049.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2020.15.01.21