The Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Work-Family Conflict Among Employees in Manufacturing Environment Using Structural Equation Modeling

This paper examines the relation between emotional intelligence and work-family conflict in manufacturing environment. A questionnaire survey was carried out to explore this relation at carpet factories in Kashan, Iran. A 28-item questionnaire which consist of emotional intelligence and work-family conflict parts was carried out to investigate the relation between these variables. Some basic socio-demographic questions were included too. Questionnaires were distributed among 375 employees working at different carpet factories in Kashan and 190 questionnaires were analyzed.It was found that emotional intelligence and work-family conflict and some of their dimensions are significantly related to each other and the behavioral model of these relations was fitted.