The Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Work-Family Conflict Among Employees in Manufacturing Environment Using Structural Equation Modeling
الموضوعات :
Muhammad Kazem Bighami
1
(Department of Industrial Engineering,
Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch,
Tehran, Iran)
Farshid Abdi
2
(Department of Industrial Engineering,
Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch,
Tehran, Iran)
Mohsen Seyyed Aliakbar
3
(Department of Industrial Engineering,
Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch,
Tehran, Iran)
الکلمات المفتاحية: Emotional intelligence, work-family conflict and manufacturing environment,
ملخص المقالة :
This paper examines the relation between emotional intelligenceand work-family conflict in manufacturing environment. A questionnairesurvey was carried out to explore this relation at carpet factoriesin Kashan, Iran. A 28-item questionnaire which consist of emotionalintelligence and work-family conflict parts was carried out to investigatethe relation between these variables. Some basic socio-demographicquestions were included too. Questionnaires were distributed among375 employees working at different carpet factories in Kashan and 190questionnaires were analyzed.It was found that emotional intelligenceand work-family conflict and some of their dimensions are significantly related to each other and the behavioral model of these relations wasfitted.
