Impact of Self-Efficacy and Learning Goal Orientation on Psychological Detachment with the Mediating Role of Emotional Intelligence

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Rehana Kosar , Shifa Rathore , Asadullah Khan , Humaira Arzoo , Faraset Sabir ,

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Volume 10 - December 2021 (12)

Abstract

The main determination of the study is to find out the connection between self-effective and learning goal orientation in the presence of emotional intelligence and their influence on psychological detachment. The study also observes how emotional intelligence controls the connection of self-efficacy, learning goal orientation, and psychological detachment and to find out the best possible keys that may contribute to exploiting the best self-efficacy and learning goal orientation not only for emotionally smart people but for others whose emotional intelligence score is minor. The result of this study would be based on the data collected from different organizations, genders, and age groups upon worldwide agreed definitions of all the above-stated terms. The suggested study covers major emotional determinants that may affect the enactment of entities and organizations. The study covers the area of the academic sector which will help the teachers and principals to manage stress and workload. This study is also beneficial for the person who belonged to this sector. In this research, we surveyed employees working in the Pakistani educational sector and focused on the psychological detachment of teachers and Principals.  Among the total usable responses, 243(70%) were used through quantitative research methodology ad interpreted results through SPSS. The results show that self-efficacy and learning goal orientation significantly influence psychological detachment and Emotional intelligence in the sampled organizations. We further pore over that Emotional intelligence considerably partially mediates the link between self-efficacy and psychological detachment as well as between learning goal orientation and psychological detachment

Keywords

Self-Efficacy, Psychological Detachment, Learning Goal Orientation, Emotional intelligence. 

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Rehana Kosar, Impact of Self-Efficacy and Learning Goal Orientation on Psychological Detachment with the Mediating Role of Emotional Intelligence, International Journal of Management Sciences and Business Research 12(2021):32-45 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5824499