The purpose of this paper is to measure the role of emotional intelligence as a cushion or buffer that protects the employees from stress. The rising alertness on the part emotional intelligence play in work plays has made it popular in Human resource management emotionally intelligent people do extremely well at the work place. Emotional intelligent people do extremely well at the work place. Emotional intelligence is a capability to intellect, recognize, successfully pertain authority, information and expertise of emotions among human resource. Occupational stress exists everywhere in an organization and in all the level of its workers. Stress arises when a worker meets pressure while completing his job or unable to complete his job. This paper aims to observe the relationship between emotional intelligence and occupational stress. Emotional intelligence provides better understanding of work environment reduce occupational which reduce occupational stress. For this reason emotional intelligence and occupational stress are linked. The study examined the reviews of 300 newly recruited employees, out of which 255 responded. The study revealed there is positive relationship between emotional intelligence and occupational stress. It was found from the study that out of 18, 8 variables have significant effect and rest 10 variables have no significant effect. The findings help the academicians and practitioners of the same field to understand the impact of emotional intelligence in a better way and also help them to identify that which aspects of emotional intelligence are significantly tied up with the better handing of stress in the organization.

The purpose of this paper is to measure the role of emotional intelligence as a cushion or buffer that protects the employees from stress. The rising alertness on the part emotional intelligence play in work plays has made it popular in Human resource management emotionally intelligent people do ...