Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Job Motivation Among Faculty Staff in Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Abstract

Background: Based on some suggestions, emotional intelligence can affect job motivation and job performance. Objectives: The current study aims at examining the relationship between emotional intelligence and job motivation among faculty staff of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, in 2015. Methods: The present descriptive correlational study was conducted on 120 faculty staff of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences using stratified random sampling method. The data collection tools included the job motivation levels questionnaire and the standard emotional intelligence questionnaire. Results: The mean ± standard deviation (SD) overall score of job motivation was 173.76 ± 25.62 (confidence interval (CI) 95%: 172.03 - 175.1) and that of emotional intelligence was 116.52 ± 7.91 (CI 95%: 115.6 - 117.69). The results of the present study suggested that the overall score of emotional intelligence was significantly correlated with that of job motivation as well as with all the variables examined in the job motivation levels questionnaire (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Based on the obtained results, emotional intelligence can increase job motivation level. Therefore, improving emotional intelligence skills, contributes to job motivation levels, professional and functional progresses, and ultimate productivity and profits. Hence, universities and organizations should try to identify the factors that reduce job motivation among faculty staff and establish methods to change the situation.