Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Labour and Turnover Intention as Correlates of Psychological Well-being of University Teachers in Ogun State, Nigeria.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46881/ajh.v3i0.107Keywords:
Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Labour, Turnover Intention, Psychological Well-being, UniversityAbstract
The psyche of Nigeria University teachers appears to be at the lowest ebb in the last few years because University education has been underfunded, misdirected, misapplied and misgoverned. This study investigated the influence of emotional intelligence; emotional labour and turnover intention on psychological well-being of University teachers. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The simple random sampling technique was used to select 300 respondents from 3 Nigerian Universities. Of the total sample, 164 were male, while the remaining 144 were females. Their age ranged between 24 and 63 years with a calculated mean age of 43.5. and SD of 7.2. The University teachers responded to four valid and reliable instruments: Emotional Intelligence; Emotional Labour; Well-being Manifestation Measurement, and Turn-over Intention Scales. Data analysis involved the use of pearson product moment correlation, and multiple regression analysis to examine the predictive effect of the three independent variables on psychological well-being. Each of the variables contributed significantly to the prediction of psychological well-being of respondents. Based on the findings, it was suggested amongst others that University academic staff should strive to acquire emotional intelligence skills to assist them since emotion is now sine-qua-non in the work place. Also, university teachers need to embrace off-job time activities that offer opportunities to recover from job stress that may predispose lecturers to turnover intention.
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