Hardiness, Emotional Intelligence and Occupational Stress Among Technocrats

The study was conducted on technocrats (R&D and production) both male and female (working in a defense electronics (manufacturing) industry. Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) to measure emotional intelligence, the Occupational Stress Index to measure occupational stress, and the Personal Views Survey III-R to measure hardiness were used for the study. Non experimental correlation research design and purposive sampling method was adopted to select the sample. A sample of 150 technocrats were chosen based on qualifying criterion of which 87 responses were recorded due to production schedules, only 84 responses were found to be valid after scoring. Hardiness had a positive correlation with emotional intelligence and negative correlation to stress levels of the individuals, confirming the mediating role plays in reducing the ill-effects of stress.