Emotional intelligence as stress predictor among managers

Abstract

EQ is believed to be one of the factors which influences stress among managers. It is important to determine stress factors in order to be able to prevent stress and enable the society and organizations to handle organizational and personal stressors systematically. Results show that stress determiners are overwork, dissatisfaction with using one's own capabilities and low work achievements together with the feeling of loss of control over one's own life, irritability, psychosomatic problems, aggression, and loss of control, and alcohol abuse. The research has confirmed the existence of statistically significant correlation between stress and EQ, as well as that some sociodemographic factors are important for development of stress and EQ.