Examining the Relationship between Emotion Intelligence and Organizational Commitment Welfare Office of Guilan Province-Iran

Today, the importance of emotion psychology is underlined. This belief that emotion amplifies other abilities (nor hinders them) is accepted. In addition, many researchers believe that emotion is the main and scientific reason of motivation. Emotion intelligence is a combination of emotional skills, social values , and behaviors. The main goal of this research is examining the relationship between emotion intelligence and organizational commitment in managers and staff of Welfare Office of Guilan, Iran. The sample volume included 400 staff of the office who were tested through emotion intelligence and organizational commitment questionnaire. The data were analyzed by Variance Analysis Test and Pierson Correlation Coefficient. The results show that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between emotion intelligence and organizational commitment. Also, in this research the relationships between emotion intelligence components and organizational commitment components were examined in which it was found no meaningful relationship between organizational commitment and self-awareness and concordance components. But, other components such as: self-organization, motivation, and social skill have a meaningful relationship with organizational commitment