Topic: A study on the association of conflict management competencies with emotional intelligence of software professionals

In the present study, aim of the researcher is to investigate the association of conflict management competencies and Emotional Intelligence ofsoftware professionals in IT industry in India. The study was conducted in IT industry in India. A structured questionnaire was developed by researcher based on conflict management competencies and its association with emotional intelligence. A sample of 500 software professionals’ primary data was collected through convenience sampling technique and chi square test was used for data analysis which is the best tool to check whether there is association between two variables or not. This analysis is followed by crosstabulation. The statistical data were computed by SPSS 21.0 for Windows. The analysis found statistically significant positive association between independent and dependentvariables of the present study; this means that increased emotional intelligence scores were very clearly associated with increased score of conflict management competencies of software professionals in Indian IT.