간호사의 감성지능에 따른 직무스트레스와 직무만족

Job Stress and Job Satisfaction according to Emotional Intelligence of Nurses

Purpose: This study, conducted as a descriptive comparative research, purposed to survey nurses’ emotional intelligence, job stress, and job satisfaction and to examine the effect of emotional intelligence on job stress and job satisfaction. Method: This study collected data using a questionnaire during the period from the 1st to 30th of July, 2015 from 238 nurses who consented to participate in the research sampled from nurses working at a university hospital in G Metropolitan City and another in H County, Jollanam-do. Result: In the analysis of correlation among emotional intelligence, job stress, and job satisfaction, emotional intelligence was found to be in a negative correlation(r=-.15, p=.017) with job stress and in a positive correlation(r=.42, p<.001) with job satisfaction. according to the result of the emotional intelligence in job stress and job satisfaction analysis, the first and last quartiles(top 25% and bottom 25%)had only minor differences in job stress. however, there was a significant difference in job satisfaction for the first quartile(t=-7.20, p<.001). Conclusion: Based on the results above, this research bears significance in that levels of and relationships among emotional intelligence, occupational stress and job satisfaction of nurses have been identified and that the necessity for the development of programs.