Impact of supervisor’s emotional intelligence and political skills on employee’s engagement
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2017
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University of Management and Technology Lahore
Abstract
The main aim of this research is to find out the relationship between the emotional intelligence and political skills of supervisor with the level of employee engagement in Pharmaceutical sector of Lahore. The data were collected from 170 supervisors and employees that are working in pharmaceutical industry in Lahore. 200 questionnaires were sent out of which 170 usable responses were received totaling to a response percentage of 85%. The data were analyzed using multiple regressions in SPSS 20 and it is revealed that political skills and emotional intelligence of supervisors have an impact on increasing the level of engagement of employees but emotional intelligence is more effective in this regard. This thesis has contributed to the extant knowledge on the political abilities, emotional intelligence and its results. Thesis supports the argument that factors of emotional intelligence and mentor's political abilities are perceived by workers in favorable manners.Furthermore, it will guide the supervisors in pharmaceutical industry to use their political skills and emotional intelligence to engage employees.
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Supervised by: Dr. Abdul Rashid Kausar
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Emotional intelligence, Political skills of supervisor, Employee engagement, MS Thesis