A Study on Correlation of Emotional Intelligence to Leadership Styles of Nursing Mangers and Nurses’ Organizational Commitment in Hospitals of Kerman, Iran

In this descriptive-correlational study, nursing managers (supervisors) were selected, through the census method to complete emotional intelligence questionnaire. Then, according to Cochran formula, 300 nurses working under each supervisor were selected through categorical sampling method. Then they filled out organizational commitment questionnaire and leadership. The collected data were analyzed via inferential and descriptive statistics. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership style of supervisors, and also between the leadership style and nurse’s organizational commitment. the results of this research and similar ones indicate the importance of the emotional intelligence role as an educable and learnable skill in workplaces and routine life. So, it is recommended that organizations, managers and staffs with more emotional intelligence are employed (particularly, attention to individual’s emotional intelligence in selection time) and also certain ways should be developed to increase emotional intelligence of managers and its current employees.