| Job satisfaction is one of the most researched concepts within industrial-organizational psychology (Connolly & Viswesvaran, 2000), though empirical studies on job satisfaction within police organizations are sparse (Metcalfe & Dick, 2001). Emotional intelligence has been linked to various organizational outcomes such as job performance and organizational commitment (LePine, Erez, & Johnson, 2002). To date, fairly little is known as it pertains to the relationship between job satisfaction and emotional intelligence in general (Sy, Tram, & O'Hara, 2006), and even less is known in regards to this relationship as it applies to police officers (Aremu, 2005). This study investigated the relationship between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction among police officers by utilizing self-report survey instruments, the Emotional Quotient Inventory: Short (EQ-i:S; Bar-On, 2002) and the Job in General Scale (JIG; Ironson, Smith, Brannick, Gibson, & Paul, 1989). The findings of this study shed further light on the theoretical and practical utility of the construct of emotional intelligence in organizational settings. |
