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African Journal of Business Management Vol. 5(12), pp. 4775-4781, 18 June 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM ISSN 1993-8233 ©2011 Academic Journals

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Emotional intelligence and employee participation in decision-making

Asif Kiyani1, Muhammad Haroon2*, Asim Sohail Liaqat3, Mohammad Arif Khattak4, Syed Junaid Ahmed Bukhari4 and Rabia Asad5

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Faculty of Management Sciences, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Faculty of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. 3 Management Sciences, Riphah International University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. 4 Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad, Pakistan. 5 Management Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Accepted 14 January, 2011

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This study was conducted to explain the effect of emotional intelligence on employee's participation in decision making. The sample size was 50 employees on different managerial levels. Questionnaire was made on likert scale to check the effect of emotional intelligence on employee's participation in decision making. The data were analyzed by using SPSS in which correlation and regression test were applied to check the results. The results indicated that there is a highly significant and positive relationship between emotional intelligence and participation in decision making. Key words: Emotional intelligence, self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, participation in decision-making. INTRODUCTION Human resource management attracts, retain, and motivate employees and successful policy makers always keep them and involve them in strategic and operational decision making by using their talent and intelligence (Aligning with the mission, 2004). Those employees who comprehend their emotions can response wisely on different situations and their decision-making, problem solving and creativity abilities are stronger and well organized...