SMART JOURNAL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STUDIES VOL. 11 NO. 1 PAPER 7
 
A STUDY ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN THE IT INDUSTRY OF TAMIL NADU, INDIA
 
Josephraj .I* and Udayasuriyan .G**
*     Assistant Professor, Dept of Business Administration, Annamalai University, India
**   Professor, Dept of Business Administration, Annamalai University, India
 
Emotional Intelligence and Employee Performance are quite important in both academic and industrial research. This study was carried to examine the Emotional Intelligence and Employee Performance, with two categories of workers called Managers and Executives in the workplace at an IT industry, Chennai. The study focused on measuring the emotional intelligence of managers and executives and its link to their performance level on the job. The study indicates that the emotional intelligence has huge impact on the performance level of the managers and executives.
 
KEYWORDS: Emotional Intelligence, Performance Appraisal, IT Industry JEL CLASSIFICATIONS: M10, M15 FULL TEXT