Social Intelligence and its Relationship with Personality and Performance of Executives a study in BHEL Tiruchirappalli

Abstract

Social Intelligence is the ability to understand, and manage other people and engage in adaptive social interactions. Personality is the dynamic organization of psychophysical systems within an individual that determines one s unique adjustments to the environment. Occupational Self-efficacy is an individual s conviction about his or her abilities to mobilise the motivation, cognitive resources, and course of action needed to successfully execute specific tasks. The concept of social intelligence, personality, and occupational self-efficacy are related to each other, and there is a need to explore their relationships. Indian Public Sectors, to achieve competitive advantage, attempt to leverage their human resource management strategy by developing and maintaining socially intelligent managers. Hence this study is undertaken among executives in BHEL, Tiruchirappalli. The major objective of this study includes the examining of the relationships between social intelligence, occupational self-efficacy, and personality. It was observed that different age groups had no similar view on social intelligence but had a similar view on occupational selfefficacy and personality. Different education categories had a similar view on social intelligence, occupational self-efficacy, and personality. Male and female executives had different views on occupational self-efficacy. newline