Emotional intelligence of police of Dharwad Taluk, Karnataka

A study on emotional intelligence (EI) of men and women police was carried out in the year 2014–15 in Dharwad Talukand toknowthe relation between selected demographic variables with their EI. A total of 120 police belonging to 21–60 year age group were randomly selected from 22 police stations of Dharwad Taluk. The results revealed that 50 per cent police had average level of EI followed by low and high level (45.8 and 4.2% respectively). Majority (56.67%) of women had average level of EI while 41.67 per cent had low and only 1.67 had high level whereas majority (50%) of men had low while 43.3 per cent had average and 6.67 per cent high level. EI had significant and positive relationship with work experience and distance between residence and work place high lighting that higher the work experience and larger the distance from residence to work place higher is the EI.