Hello Oyebode,

This is a great question. Emotional intelligence (EI) and job affect are indelibly tied. What I mean is, dependent on the EI, an individuals job performance as well as satisfaction may differ. I worked with several colleagues on a study somewhat similar to this. Check out the article on my profile "Emotional Intelligence Applied to Global Sales Channels". It may give you some insight, as well as some really good literature in the references to start digging in. Best wishes to you!

Rich

Hello, you may be interested in this publications.

This quote may be also helpful (Job satisfaction among nurses: A literature review; Lu, While, Barriball):

"Lee et al.'s (2003) South Korean study showed thatthe most frequently mentioned reasons for nurses’intending to leave their jobs were work overload, rotating shifts and conflict in interpersonal relationships. A total of 24%, 15% and 35% of variance regarding depersionalization, emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment, respectively, was explained by theindividual characteristics, job stress and personalresources. It was particularly noteworthy that nurses who experienced higher job stress showed lower cognitive empathy and empowerment, and worked onnight shifts at tertiary hospitals were more likely to experience burnout (...)"

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26542752

http://www.asrn.org/journal-nursing/202-emotional-intelligence-in-the-nursing-profession.html

 What do you mean by "job affect"? How do you operationalize it?

You may want to look at the Cornell model of job attitudes or newer theoretical approaches, including engagement, affective events, personality, and unit-level satisfaction.