Volume 18 - Issue 2 - 2023
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Item Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Academic Adjustment of First-Year Management Undergraduates of State Universities in Sri Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2023) Amarasinghe, A. H. H. M.; Rathnakara, K. A. K. S.The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of emotional intelligence on academic adjustment of first-year Management undergraduates of State Universities in Sri Lanka. To achieve this purpose, the researcher established three basic questions. Those are to explore the existing level of Emotional Intelligence on Academic Adjustment, relationships between Emotional Intelligence and Academic Adjustment, and the impact of Emotional Intelligence on Academic Adjustment of first-year Management undergraduates of State Universities in Sri Lanka. A structured questionnaire was used as the method of data collection and a sample of 347 first-year management undergraduates in state universities were selected using a stratified sampling method, through Morgan Table. The researcher considered three state universities in Western Province, Sri Lanka: University of Kalaniya, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and University of Colombo. Quantitative research approach was used for this study. The data were analyzed using reliability analysis, validity analysis, descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression analysis. The result indicated that Appraisal and Expression of Emotions, Regulation of Emotions, and Utilization of Emotion are in high level among selected respondents. Also, results indicated that emotional intelligence has a strong positive relationship with academic adjustment among first-year undergraduates of state universities in Western Province, Sri Lanka. Further, regression results reveal that Appraisal and Expression of Emotions (0.330), Regulation of Emotions (0.117), and Utilization of Emotion (0.146) significantly impact on Academic Adjustment among first-year management undergraduates of state universities in the western province, of Sri Lanka.Item Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Employee Work-Life Balance: A Study of Clinical, Non-Executive Level Employees in ABC Hospital (Pvt) Limited(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2023) Nadaraja, R.; Harshani, M. D. R.The current study examines the impact of Emotional Intelligence (EI) on the Work-life Balance of Clinical, Non-Executive level employees in ABC Hospital (Pvt) Ltd. This study explored the relationship and examined the influence of those variables among non-executive level employees who work in a service Company in Sri Lanka. This research is a deductive (theory–testing) research. This research was conducted using survey research strategy and quantitative research method. Non-Executive clinical level employees of ABC Hospitals were chosen as the population of the study. A Simple random sampling technique was used calculate the sample size. Accordingly, sample size was 155 observations and used primary data as data source, data collection was done through a self-administered printed questionnaire. The number of employees who responded was 155 among 160 employees. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), version 23.0 was used as the data analysis tool. The results indicate that emotional intelligence has significant direct effects on employee work-life balance. It can be concluded that self-management is the most impacted dimension of emotional intelligence in determining employee work-life balance. According to the hypotheses testing, there is a positive correlation between work-life balance and the dimensions of emotional intelligence. Parametric test including correlation and multiple linear regressions proves the results findings. There is a statistically significant relationship between emotional intelligence and the level of work-life balance. Management can take necessary actions to enhance the EI of their employees so that it will support them to have a proper work-life balance. Management needs to focus on the level of EI of their employees to enrich work-life balance to achieve higher level of productivity, commitment, and involvement.