Emotional intelligence and quality of work life among Agriculture Faculties of Federal Universities in Southwest, Nigeria

Abstract

The study's objectives assessed the effects of emotional intelligence on the quality of work life of agricultural
faculties at Federal Universities in Southwest Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select
125 Federal University staff. The first stage involved a simple random sampling of 29.0% of the Federal
Universities in South-west Nigeria; thus, the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun
State, and Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, were selected. In the fourth stage,
proportionate random sampling was used to select equal percentages of staff from selected Departments in
the Agriculture-based Colleges and Faculty in FUNAAB and OAU (64 and 61, respectively). Data on
respondents’ socio-economic characteristics, emotional intelligence and quality of work life were obtained
using a well-structured questionnaire, and the data were analyzed using descriptive nd inferenti
st tistics esu ts showed th t st ff possess high e otion inte igence in ter s of their otion regu tion x e f- otiv tion x nd oci s i s x with high quality of work life. Also, emotional intelligence and quality of work life were significantly related (r = 0.189, p<0.05), while emotional intelligence (t = 0.888, p>0.05) and quality of work life (t = 0.860, p>0.05) of FUNAAB and OAU staff were not significantly different. The study concluded that emotional intelligence affects the quality of work life among staff of Federal Universities in South-west Nigeria. Hence, activities focusing on increasing and maintaining emotional intelligence are needed in these institutions to improve the quality of work life among Staff