Document Type : Research Article
Authors
- JAMILEH RAYANI 1
- HAMDOLLAH MANZARI TAVAKOLI 2
- SANJAR SALAJEGHEH 3
- ZAHRA SHOKOOH 2
- SAMANEH MEHDIZADEH 2
1 Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran, https://orcid.org/0000- 0002-2154-4862,
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran,
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between organizational
health and emotional intelligence in medical universities of Kerman Province. The research
method is mixed-exploratory method and in terms of purpose, the research is developmentalapplied which has collected data through field research. Its statistical population includes all
employees of medical universities in Kerman province which are 17928 individuals that 1524
people were selected as the sample size through stratified random sampling method using
Cochran's formula. Researcher-made questionnaires of organizational health and emotional
intelligence were used to collect research data. Their validity was confirmed by university
professors and experts and their reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient
which was 0.706 and 0.756, respectively. The results of applying software output path
analysis patterns showed the good fit of structural equation model. The results of testing the
hypotheses by structural equation modeling showed that there is a direct and significant
relationship between organizational health and emotional intelligence in medical universities
of Kerman Province, and among the organizational health aspects, technical, administrative,
and institutional levels had the most relationship with the emotional intelligence, respectively.
Overall, the results indicate a significant relationship between organizational health and its
dimensions with emotional intelligence. Therefore, in order to have healthy and confident
people in the workplace, universities should consider emotional intelligence skills which are
necessary to enjoy organizational health.
Keywords
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