Exploring the Influence of Job Stress on Job Performance: Mediated By Emotional Intelligence in Educational Context

Abstract

The job performance is vital phenomenon in the context of education sector as educational institutions might be able to obtain desired ranking only when the employees are motivated to show their best performance. There are many hindrances which are responsible to affect the employees’ performance and institutions wherein job stress is more critical. The stressed employees are not only burnout form their job but also effect their level of the performance. In this situation, “the role of emotional intelligence” is vital in determining the employees’ attitude to show their best performance. The data was collected from faculty member hailing from higher institutions and analyzed through statistical procedures to find answers of research questions. The results are significant and expected to be valuable to management of the higher institutions in revisiting their policies concerning the research issues under considerations. Some recommendations have also been extracted from the results of the study.