Is there any Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Career Performance of Academic Staff of Public Colleges of Education in Benue State, Nigeria? A Field Report
Creators: name: Victor Oluwatosin Ajayi, PhD
name: Terkula Daniel Uyeh
name: Saawua Apeon Toranyiin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 170103 Educational Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Education
subject: 130310 Maori Education (excl. Early Childhood and Primary Education)
subject: 130106 Secondary Education
subject: 160809 Sociology of Education
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 130311 Pacific Peoples Education
subject: 139999 Education not elsewhere classified
subject: 130304 Educational Administration, Management and Leadership
subject: 130102 Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori)
subject: 130104 Kura Kaupapa Maori (Maori Primary Education)
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 50203 Environmental Education and Extension
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 130108 Technical, Further and Workplace Education
subject: 130107 Te Whariki (Maori Early Childhood Education)
subject: Developmental and Educational Psychology
subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: 130101 Continuing and Community Education
subject: 200401 Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: 130301 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education

description: The study investigated if emotional intelligence has any relationship with career performance of staff of public colleges of education in Benue State, Nigeria. The sample of this study was made up of 217 academic staff that were drawn from public colleges of education in Benue State, Nigeria. This study adopted the correlational research design. The instruments known as Academic Staff Emotional Intelligence Scale (ASEIS) and Academic Staff Career Performance Scale (ASCPS) were used to collect data for this study. ASEIS and ASCPS were trial tested which yielded the reliability values of 0.82 and 0.71 using Cronbach Alpha. Five research questions and five null hypotheses guided the study. The research questions were answered using multiple regression analysis while, the hypotheses were tested using ANOVA of regression analysis. The study revealed among other that there is no significant relationship between self-awareness and career performance [F1, 217 = 7.821; p&lt;0.05]. There is no significant relationship between self-management and career performance [F1, 217 = 4.017; p&lt;0.05]. There is significant relationship between self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship management and career performance [F1, 217 = 9.910; p&lt;0.05]. It was recommended among that, since emotional intelligence predicts career performance of academics. Thus, emotional intelligence tests should be administered to individuals before they are recruited in the academic field