The Relationship between Capabilities of Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Commercial Automotive Industry in Iran

Rapid changes, increased competition, reduced product life cycle and rapid advance of technology are considered as unavoidable features of current business setting. Entrepreneurs who are creative and innovative are unique requirements of organizations to survive. Particular interest of organizations and institutions in recent years reveals the importance of entrepreneurship in business setting. The present study aims to evaluate the effects of emotional intelligent capabilities on organizational entrepreneurship. Studied population in current study includes commercial and cargo automotive industry of Iran. The study was done based on a descriptive survey. In order to measure the emotional intelligence of managers and employees, the ‘Afzalur & Minors’ standard questionnaire used to evaluate self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, social awareness and social skill while a researcher-made questionnaire was used to measure organizational entrepreneurship. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were determined by experts and Cronbach's alpha. Data were analyzed using statistical methods including Spearman correlation matrix, Friedman test and stepwise regression. The results show significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence of employees and organizational entrepreneurship. Also confirmatory factor analysis was used to measure the total fitness of the model