Surveying the Relationship of Emotional Intelligence and Staffs' Job Performance Case: Chahar Mahal Bakhtiari Province Gas Company

Somayyeh Bahramian^1, , Seyyed Ali Siadat² and Tayyebeh Sharifi²

¹Educational Administration, Islamic Azad University, Shar-e-Kord Branch, Iran

²Islamic Azad University, Shar-e-Kord Branch, Iran

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Somayyeh Bahramian, Seyyed Ali Siadat and Tayyebeh Sharifi. Surveying the Relationship of Emotional Intelligence and Staffs' Job Performance Case: Chahar Mahal Bakhtiari Province Gas Company. American Journal of Educational Research. 2015; 3(8):956-958. doi: 10.12691/education-3-8-1

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to urvey the relationship of emotional intelligence (EI) and job performance (JP) of staffs working in Chahar Mahal Bakhtiari Province Gas Company (CMBPGC). Study population consisted of 147 staff working in CMBPGC all of which 147 persons were selected as study sample. Data were obtained via two staffs' job performance (Paterson, 1990) and EI (Farnhaeim, 2002) questionnaires having 15 items, and 30 ones respectively based on Likert Scale from completely disagree to completely agree. Findings, based on Pearson's Correlation Coefficient, showed that there would be a significantly positive relationship between emotional intelligence and staffs' job performance. Also, there would be a significantly positive relationship between staffs' self-managerial; self-motivation, social awareness, and management of relations with job performance. Some suggestions were finally raised to make job performance improve through increasing in emotional intelligence to managers.

Keywords:
emotional intelligence (EI) self-awareness self-managerial social awareness job performance

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