Asian Journal of Business and Management (ISSN: 2321 – 2802) Volume 05– Issue 01, February 2017 Asian Online Journals (www.ajouronline.com ) 39 A Study to Access the Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Self-Efficacy on Job Satisfaction among the B-school Faculties in Coimbatore M. Geetha 1 , B. Sripirabaa 2 1 PhD Research Scholar, Nehru School of Management Studies Affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 2 Associate Professor, GRG School of Management Studies Peelamedu, Coimbatore 1 Email: geethamanoharan1988 [AT] gmail.com ABSTRACT--- Measuring job satisfaction among the faculties working in various B-Schools is of more significant for the reason that which is a part of important segment of our society. Job Satisfaction is such a most important psychological attribute that which contributes more to the concept of performance evaluation. This is an exploratory research, attempting to discover how the dimensions of Emotional Intelligence and Self-Efficacy are significantly related with the Job Satisfaction of a faculty. The data were collected from faculties working in B-Schools, Coimbatore. Existence of a positive correlation is revealed between the dimensions of Emotional Intelligence and Self-Efficacy with Job Satisfaction among the B-school faculties, Coimbatore. This study explains how the multiple dimensions of Emotional Intelligence and self-efficacy is evaluated and further correlated with the job satisfaction among the faculties of B-School. The results of this study may also be experimented in other types and nature of organizations also. The idea behind this study is to give educational institutions an insight about the significance of Emotional Intelligence and Self-Efficacy contributing towards job satisfaction with respect to the performance of its faculties and how they can be leveraged to obtain the desirable results. Key words--- Emotional Intelligence, Self-Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, B-Schools 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The term Job Satisfaction describes how content an individual is with his or her job (Armstrong, 2006). There are a variety of factors that can influence a person’s level of Job Satisfaction. Some of these factors include the level of pay and benefits, the perceived fairness o the promotion system within a company, the quality of the working conditions, leadership and social relationships, the job itself (Weiss, 2002). In today’s fast changing economy, faculty members thrive for professional growth and development, not just salary; to secure better positions in future (BhavnaShetty and RajashreeGujarathi, 2012) which includes dignity and social status, getting job security, job matching with qualifications, physical environment and to work in a desired profession (Om Raj Katoch, 2012) is required for Job Satisfaction. Other important term is Emotional self-efficacy, defined as beliefs in one’s own emotional functioning (Dacre Pool and Qualter, 2011). It is logically followed that employees who possess high Emotional Intelligence should have a greater awareness of and understanding behind the emotions they experience (Zahra Abdolvahabi, Sara Bagheri and FirouzKioumarsi, 2012). Emotional Intelligence may give individuals greater insight into their affective reactions, equipping them with the skills to manipulate their future attributions, and thus entailing an increase in their Self-Efficacy (Mehdi Sarkhosh and Abbas Ali Rezaee, 2012). There is relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction (AristeaPsilopanagioti, et al.,2012) which helps to increase the organizational learning capability (BagherAsgarnejadNouri, et al.,2011) among the faculties throught effective communication and reduces the stress in the working environment (Hassan Jorfi, HashimFauzy Bin Yaccob and IshakMd Shah, 2011). 2. LITERATURE REVIEW There are numerous studies on job satisfaction. It is thePositive and favorable attitudes towards the job and their feelings about the work (Armstrong, 2006). It results in the appraisal and effective reaction to one’s job which is raised