Purpose – An essential part of emotional intelligence (EI) is Self-management (SM). The aim of this work is to identify the most important dynamics which contribute to SM at workplace with special reference to IT industry as knowledge workers are most vulnerable to stress and related issues.

Design/ Methodology/ Approach–Exploratory research carried out with a sample size n=120 from the IT industry in Bangalore city. Convenient sampling technique is used and a structured questionnaire is administered to the respondents. EFA and SEM are used to identify the factors under each of the construct for SM.

Findings – According to the results that the 37 items which are selected from the extensive study of the literature are reduced to 20 items on basis of factor loadings above 0.30  and are loaded under 6 factors namely - Self Awareness, self control, emotional self knowledge, emotional expression, personal adequacy and work efficiency. Emotional expression and personal adequacy are the highest contributors of self management at work place and Self control and self awareness are equal contributors to self management by 50%-55%

Originality value – The findings of the study can facilitate to formulate a scale for measuring Self management as part of Emotional Intelligence in the IT industry..