Teachers' perceptions on the relationship between school principals' emotional intelligence levels and teachers' job satisfaction

This research is a relational survey model conducted to examine the relationship between school administrators' emotional intelligence levels and teachers' job satisfaction levels according to teacher perceptions. The population of the research consists of 4220 teachers working in Siirt central primary, secondary and high schools. The sample of the study consists of 437 teachers determined by simple random method from the universe. Of the 520 scales distributed, 437 were found to be suitable for analysis. "Emotional Intelligence Scale" and "Job Satisfaction Scale" were used in the research. SPSS was used in the analysis of the data collected within the scope of the research. Reliability analysis, frequency tables, independent sample t-test, ANOVA, correlation and regression analyzes were applied for the study. According to the research findings, there is no significant difference between school administrators' emotional intelligence levels and teachers' job satisfaction levels in terms of gender, marital status, job status, professional seniority and age. In addition, it has been determined that there is a positive and moderately significant relationship between teachers' perceptions of emotional intelligence from school administrators and teachers' job satisfaction levels. It was found that teachers' perceptions of school administrators' emotional intelligence level had a significant predictive effect on job satisfaction in general.