Relationship between organizational politics, emotional intelligence and career success

Abstract

Career is a great concern of any individual in the prevailing competitive scenario. An employee irrespective of any industry is involved in several behavioural aftermath in the emotional survival in the chosen career. It has been strongly agreed and proved by researchers that Employees‘ perception of organizational politics influences career success. This is due to several aspects not limited to job dissatisfaction, turnover intention, job burnout and job anxiety Recent literature since 1990 signifies the role of emotions in influencing career success of an employee. The study proposed to explore the relationship between organizational politics, emotional intelligence and career success. It was found from the study that balancing emotions intelligently helps in career success in addition to coping with organizational politics.