Emotional intelligence and job satisfaction: mediated by transformational leadership

The study conceptualized transformational leadership as a mediator in the relationship between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction. It was also aimed at finding the impact of emotional intelligence and transformational leadership on job satisfaction. However, the role of emotional intelligence in creating transformational leadership behavior was also examined. The research was carried out on a purposively selected sample of 250 managers from telecommunication organizations all over Pakistan. The results revealed positive, moderate and significant impact of emotional intelligence and transformational leadership on job satisfaction. It was found that Emotional Intelligence plays positive and significant role in creating Transformational leadership behavior. The results also revealed partial mediating role of transformational leadership in relationship between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction. Implications of these findings are discussed and suggestions are made for future research.