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Investigating the relationship between the staff social intelligence with their family – work conflict and job satisfaction in Baft township departments Authors: Ali Khajeh and Iqbal Paktinat.
ABSTRACT: This investigation was designed to investigate the relationship between the staff social intelligence with their family –work conflict and job satisfaction in Baft township departments. This inquiry was an applied analysis with correlation based methodology. The population comprised many organization employees, with up to 1661 individuals in 2015. The sample includes 312 subjects based on Krejcie and Morgan table (1970), which were chosen in proportionate stratified random sampling. The data gathering tools were according to three standard questionnaires. The Institution: findings show that: Department of Public The staff social intelligences (also its components) are inversely and Management, Sirjan Branch, significantly related to their family –work conflict. Islamic Azad University, The staff social intelligence (also its components) is directly and significantly Sirjan, Iran. related to their job satisfaction. The staff job satisfaction is inversely related to their family-work conflict. Meanwhile, in order to improve the personal social intelligence, decreasing their family-work conflict and promoting their job satisfaction, some constructive recommendations were offered to the relevant authorities. Keywords: Social intelligence, family-work conflict, job satisfaction, Baft township Corresponding author: Iqbal Paktinat
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Received: 15 May 2016 Accepted: 28 May 2016
Published: 29 Aug 2016
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INTRODUCTION Research on human abilities are for more than
relationship between social intelligence and sensitivity
100 years old (Fakultät, 2008), and intelligence is
intercultural communication.
considered as a general unified concept, largely related to
Principal hypotheses
cognitive ability. The literature review showed that, there
There is a significant relationship between social
are a lot of intelligence which should be considered in
intelligence and family – work conflict of staff in
the organizations, such as organizational intelligence,
Baft township departments.
psychological intelligence, moral intelligence, emotional
There is a significant relationship between social
intelligence, social intelligence and so on. A key aspect
intelligence and job satisfaction of staff in Baft
of social intelligence development is learning to be as
township departments.
“clear” and present as possible (Phipps, 2007). In other Secondary Hypotheses words, the concept of intelligence generally is referred to
There is a significant relationship between social
the ability of thinking and learning, and it has been
information processing and family – work conflict
predominately used to describe the learning and
of staff in Baft township departments.
application of skills and facts (Clarken, 2009); and in
There is a significant relationship between social
recent years, interest in social intelligence has been
skills and family – work conflict of staff in Baft
known a renaissance under the general term of social
township departments.
effectiveness constructs (Lievens and Chan, 2009). Job
There is a significant relationship between social
satisfaction has a complex conception, the same as
awareness and family – work conflict of staff in
motivation, which manifests itself in different ways
Baft township departments.
among different people. Job satisfaction is a major
There is a significant relationship between social
organizational achievement and also it is in connection
information processing and job satisfaction of staff
with motivation that can be an emotional response to
in Baft township departments.
various aspects of work (such as wage, supervision and benefits) or it is construed to the work spirit which is often used interchangeably with the satisfaction of a group or organization, but most of the time it suggests connotation of group or organizational dependence (Jazani,
2001).
Alirezaei
and
Paktinat
(2015),
investigated relationship between the managers' time management and their job satisfaction in Sirjan and Najafshahr municipalities and found that, there is no significant relationship between time management (and
There is a significant relationship between social skills and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township departments. There is a significant relationship between social awareness and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township departments. Research Methods This research is an applied method of the descriptive research. Statistic population of research concluded the staff satisfaction of executive agencies in
also its dimensions) and job satisfaction of managers. Table 1. The results of Pearson correlation test for the relationship between social intelligence and work-family conflict
Variable Social Intelligence 170
Family – Work Conflict Pearson correlation Significance Number coefficient level -0.373
*.0..0>
Relationship
Type of relationship
R2
312 Yes Inverse 0.139 Journal of Research in Ecology (2016) 4(2): 169-176
Khajeh and Paktinat, 2016 Table 2. The results of Pearson correlation test for the relationship between social intelligence and job satisfaction
Variable Social intelligence
Job satisfaction Significance Number level *.0..0> 312
Pearson correlation coefficient -0.27
Relationship
R2
Type of relationship Direct
Yes
0.073
the Baft township. The population was consisted of 312
Thus, there is a significant relationship between social
staffs. A data collection instrument is included in
intelligence and family – work conflict of staff in Baft
demographic questionnaire, questionnaire of social
township departments. (Table 1). So, H0 is rejected and
intelligence, family – work conflict and job satisfaction.
research
The staff
answered the same questionnaire including
correlation coefficients showed the inverse relationship
standard questionnaire by Sloub (2010) (including 21
between two variables. It means that, by increasing
questions), standard questionnaire by Carlson (2000)
social intelligence, family – work conflict is decreased.
(including 18 questions) and questionnaire of job
The coefficient of determination between two variables
satisfaction (JDI) was by Smith et al. (1987) (including
is 0.139 (R2=0.139). In other words, 13.9 percent of
30 questions), The Cronbach’s Alpha obtained from the
changes are shared between two variables.
pilot data was 0.836 for social intelligence, 0.863 for
(2) There is a significant relationship between social
family – work conflict and 0.748 for job satisfaction.
intelligence and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township
Data analysis included descriptive statistics, pearson’s r
departments.
and
analysis,
H0: There is no significant relationship between social
ANOVA analysis and SPSS software (package of SPSS /
intelligence and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township
pc + + ver21).
departments.
spearman’s
correlations,
regression
hypotheses
are
approved.
The
negative
H1: There is a significant relationship between social RESULTS
intelligence and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township
Principal Hypotheses
departments.
(1) There is a significant relationship between social
According to the results of Pearson’s test, the
intelligence and family – work conflict of staff in Baft
correlation coefficient between two variables is -0.27.
township departments.
Thus, there is a significant relationship between social
H0: There is no significance between social intelligence
intelligence and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township
and family – work conflict of staff in Baft township
departments (Table 2) so that, H0 is rejected and research
departments.
hypotheses are approved. The positive correlation
H1: There is a significance relationship between social
coefficients showed the direct relationship between two
intelligence and family – work conflict of staff in Baft
variables. It means that by increasing social intelligence,
township departments.
job satisfaction was increased. The coefficient of
According to the results of Pearson test, the
determination
between
two
variables
is
0.073
correlation coefficient between two variables is - 0.373. Table 3. The results of Pearson correlation test for the relationship between social information processing and work-family conflict Variable Social information processing
Pearson correlation coefficient -0.387
Family – Work Conflict Significance Number level *.0..0> 312
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Relationship Yes
Type of relationship Inverse
R2 0.15 171
Khajeh and Paktinat, 2016 Table 4. The results of Pearson correlation test for the relationship between social skills and work-family conflict Family – Work Conflict Variable Pearson correlation Significance Number Relationship Type of R2 coefficient level relationship social skills -0.28 *.0..0> 312 Yes Inverse 0.078 (R2=0.073). In other words, 7.3 percent of changes are
H1: There is a significant relationship between social
shared between two variables.
skills and family – work conflict of staff in Baft
Secondary hypotheses
township departments.
(1) There is a significant relationship between social
According to the results of Pearson test, the
information processing and family – work conflict of
correlation coefficient between two variables is - 0.28.
staff in Baft township departments.
Thus, there is a significant relationship between social
H0: There is no significant relationship between social
skills and family – work conflict of staff in Baft
information processing and family – work conflict of
township departments (Table 4). So, H0 is rejected and
staff in Baft township departments.
research
H1: There is a significant relationship between social
correlation coefficients presented an inverse relationship
information processing and family – work conflict of
between two variables. It means that by increasing social
staff in Baft township departments.
skills, family – work conflict was decreased. The
hypotheses
are
approved.
The
negative
According to the results of Pearson test, the
coefficient of determination between two variables is
correlation coefficient between two variables is - 0.387.
0.078 (R2=0.078). In other words, 7.8 percent of changes
Thus, there is a significant relationship between social
are shared between two variables.
information processing and family – work conflict of
(3) There is a significant relationship between social
staff in Baft township departments (Table 3). So, H0 is
awareness and family – work conflict of staff in Baft
rejected and research hypotheses are approved. The
township departments
negative correlation coefficients revealed an inverse
H0: There is no significant relationship between social
relationship between two variables. It means that by
awareness and family – work conflict of staff in Baft
increasing social information processing, family – work
township departments.
conflict was decreased. The coefficient of determination
H1: There is a significant relationship between social
2
between two variables is 0.15 (R =0.15). In other words,
awareness and family – work conflict of staff in Baft
15 percent of changes are shared between two variables.
township departments.
(2) There is a significant relationship between social
According to the results of Pearson test, the
skills and family – work conflict of staff in Baft
correlation coefficient between two variables is - 0.281.
township departments.
Thus, there is a significant relationship between social
H0: There is no significant relationship between social
awareness and family – work conflict of staff in Baft
skills and family – work conflict of staff in Baft
township departments. (Table 5). Thus H0 is rejected and
township departments.
research
hypotheses
are
approved.
The
negative
Table 5. The results of Pearson correlation test for the relationship between social awareness and work-family conflict
Variable Social awareness 172
Pearson correlation coefficient -0.281
Family – Work Conflict Significance Number Relationship Type of R2 level relationship *.0..0> 312 Yes Inverse 0.079 Journal of Research in Ecology (2016) 4(2): 169-176
Khajeh and Paktinat, 2016 Table 6. The results of Pearson correlation test for the relationship between social information processing and job satisfaction.
Variable Social information processing
Pearson correlation coefficient 0.261
Job Satisfaction Significance Number level *.0..0> 312
Relationship Yes
Type of relationship Direct
R2 0.072
correlation coefficients show the inverse relationship
(5) There is a significant relationship between social
between the two variables. It proposed that by increasing
skills and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township
social awareness, family – work conflict was decreased.
departments.
The coefficient of determination between two variables
H0: There is no significant relationship between social
2
is 0.078 (R =0.079). In other words, 7.9 percent of
skills and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township
changes are shared between two variables.
departments.
(4) There is a significant relationship between social
H1: There is a significant relationship between social
information processing and job satisfaction of staff in
skills and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township
Baft township departments.
departments.
H0: There is no significant relationship between social
According to the results of Pearson test, the
information processing and job satisfaction of staff in
correlation coefficient between two variables is 0.149.
Baft township departments.
Thus, there is a significant relationship between social
H1: There is a significant relationship between social
skills and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township
information processing and job satisfaction of staff in
departments (Table 7). So, H0 is rejected and research
Baft township departments.
hypotheses are approved. The positive correlation
According to the results of Pearson test, the
coefficients showed a direct relationship between two
correlation coefficient between two variables is -0.261.
variables. It means that by increasing social skills, job
Thus, there is a significant relationship between social
satisfaction
information processing and job satisfaction of staff in
determination between two variables is 0.022 (R2=0.022)
Baft township departments (Table 6). So, H0 is rejected
and 2.2 percent of changes are shared between two
and research hypotheses are approved. The positive
variables.
correlation coefficients show the direct relationship
(6) There is a significant relationship between social
between two variables. This result declared that by
awareness and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township
increasing social information processing, job satisfaction
departments.
was increased. The coefficient of determination between
H0: There is no significant relationship between social
2
was
increased.
The
coefficient
of
two variables is 0.072 (R =0.072). In other words, 7.2
awareness and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township
percent of changes are shared between two variables.
departments.
Table 7. The results of Pearson correlation test for the relationship between social skills and job satisfaction. Variable Social skills
Pearson correlation coefficient 0.149
Job Satisfaction Significance Number level *.0..0> 312
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Relationship Yes
Type of relationship Direct
R2 0.022 173
Khajeh and Paktinat , 2016 Table 8. The results of Pearson correlation test for the relationship between social awareness and job satisfaction.
Variable Social awareness
Pearson correlation coefficient 0.262
Job Satisfaction Significance Number level *.0..0> 312
Relationship Yes
Type of relationship Direct
R2 0.069
H1: There is a significant relationship between social
principle 2 of hypothesis, the results of this study showed
awareness and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township
that there is a significant relationship between social
departments
intelligence and family – work conflict of staff. It means
According to the results of Pearson test, the
that by increasing social intelligence, family – work
correlation coefficient between two variables is 0.262.
conflict was decreased. These results are in good
So, there is a significant relationship between social
agreement with results reported by Dehghaninesab et al.
awareness and job satisfaction of staff in Baft township
(2013) that there is a marked and direct relationship
departments (Table 8). Thus H0 is rejected and research
between social intelligence and family – work conflict in
hypotheses are approved. The positive correlation
social security organization of Kerman. So social
coefficients revealed the direct relationship between two
intelligence of staff could have an effect on their job
variables. It means that by increasing social awareness,
satisfaction. The ability to establish interpersonal
job satisfaction was increased. The coefficient of
relationships in groups was collaborated by others, using
determination
the power of the mind and body for the development of
between
two
variables
is
0.069
2
(R =0.069). 6.9 percent of changes are shared between
relations between individual and friendly behavior.
two variables
According
to
the
results
of
secondary
hypothesis 1, there is a significant relationship between social information processing and family – work conflict
DISCUSSION The purpose of this study is to investigate the
of staff. It means that by increasing social information
relationship between the social intelligence with their
processing, family – work conflict was decreased. These
family – work conflict and job satisfaction of staff in
results
Baft township departments. According to the results of
Dehghaninesab et al. (2013) that there is a significant
principle hypothesis 1, there is a significant relationship
and inverse relationship between social information
between social intelligence and family – work conflict. It
processing and family – work conflict in the social
means that by increasing social intelligence, family –
security organization of Kerman. So if the staffs have
work conflict was decreased. These results are in good
ability to understand and predict the behavior and
agreement with the result of Dehghaninesab et al. (2013)
feelings of others and the ability to understand the needs
and Hyun-Jung (2009). In the findings of reported
of both groups that have, so conflict between work and
research, there is a significant and an inverse relationship
family is reduced.
between social intelligence and family – work conflict in
are
in
According
good
to
agreement
the
results
with
of
result
of
secondary
social security organization of Kerman. Hyun-Jung
hypothesis 2, there is a significant relationship between
(2009) findings on the work-family conflict showed
social skills and family – work conflict of staff. It means
negative
job
that by increasing social skills, family – work conflict
performance. So when employees can act smart in social
was decreased. These results are in complete agreement
relations, then the conflict between family obligations
with reported results of Dehghaninesab et al. (2013 that
and their job are reduced. According to the results of
there is a significant and inverse relationship between
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on
job
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influential relationship between social awareness and job
organization of Kerman. So when your employees can be
satisfaction.
easily coordinated with social situations, while entering
understanding of the concerns and feelings of colleagues,
to new situations and meeting with unfamiliar people,
in that case the feeling of satisfaction from their jobs will
they are good, they can handle work and family activities
be achieved.
So
when
employees
have
a
good
easily and without conflicts. According
to
the
results
of
secondary
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