International Journal of Research in Social Sciences Vol. 8 Issue 2, February 2018, ISSN: 2249-2496 Impact Factor: 7.081 Journal Homepage: http://www.ijmra.us , Email: editorijmie@gmail.com Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access International Journal - Included in the International Serial Directories Indexed & Listed at: Ulrich's Periodicals Directory ©, U.S.A., Open J-Gage as well as in Cabell‟s Directories of Publishing Opportunities, U.S.A 175 International Journal of Research in Social Sciences http://www.ijmra.us , Email: editorijmie@gmail.com THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS AND JOB DISSATISFACTION AMONG ENGINEERING COLLEGE TEACHERS: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AS A COPING STRATEGY Dr. Pavitra Bajpai * DR. VINOD SINGH ** Abstract Job satisfaction is very important for teachers because when teachers possessed high level job satisfaction they care about the quality of their work and more committed to their students and academic profession. Teachers are expected to play different roles and possess a multifaceted personality including motivate the students by words and their deeds because teachers are the most important group of student‟s future. They can be the effective source of knowledge among students and also a great representative of society. But They also face innumerable challenges in his or her institution. There are numerous reasons which create job dissatisfaction among teachers therefore it is natural that they feel stress which does not only affect their professional and personal life but also decrease their job satisfaction. So some strategies should be taken into account as determinants of job satisfaction and proper adjustment of teachers in educational institute. Thus emotional intelligence must be taken into consideration along with other factors for job satisfaction of the teachers of engineering college. Emotional intelligence has direct impact on teacher‟s behaviour and it may help reducing stress for giving job satisfaction. Emotional intelligence is an ability, which includes to control own and others emotions and the ability to use these emotions at appropriate place. This skill can make the individual to deal with their stress and can help the regulation of negative feelings and thus he or she can give better performance in their job, which leads to job satisfaction. Presently stress and job dissatisfaction of teachers has become an important topic among researchers. This article has emphasized on relationship of stress and job dissatisfaction of engineering college teachers and with special emphasized on emotional intelligence as a coping strategy which could be helpful not only solving academic problems but also giving job satisfaction. Keywords: Stress; Job dissatisfaction; Emotional intelligence; * Dr. Pavitra Bajpai, Assistant Professor ,Department of Humanities, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial Group of Professional Colleges,Tewariganj, Faizabad Road, Lucknow- 227105, India. ** Dr. Vinod Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial Group of Professional Colleges,Tewariganj, Faizabad Road, Lucknow- 227105, India.