Designing and explaining a two-level model of emotional intelligence effect on trust and its impact on collaboration culture and individual creativity (The Case: Trainers and students of Technical and Vocational Training Organization (TVTO) in Khuzestan Province)

The objective of the research is developing a two-level model to investigate affecting factors on collaboration culture and personal creativity. The population of the research is trainers and trainees of TVTO that eight centers recognized and in sum 34 teams were selected through random sampling. The study is an applied one and by gathering data it is a descriptive-correlation research. The questionnaire was data gathering and measuring variables instrument and finally 319 questionnaires were obtained. The instrument reliability was measured by Cronbach’s Alpha and a pretest was done among the sample of 30 people of TVTO trainers and trainees and the quotients were above 0.7 for all variables. The validity of the instrument was also studies and verified through content validity. The research findings in personal level indicate that emotional intelligence on cognitive trust, emotional intelligence on affective trust, cognitive trust on collaborative culture, affective trust on collaborative culture, collaborative culture on personal creativity, team creativity on collaborative culture and team creativity on personal creativity with regression quotients respectfully are 0.733, 0.771, 0650, 0.198, 0.560, 0.298 and 3.370 theses quotients are meaningful and positive. The results show that in personal level emotional intelligence affects (cognitive and affective) trust and the constructs have impact on collaborative culture and personal creativity. So it is suggested to foster collaborative culture and institutionalize creativity among team members, emotional intelligence as a necessary skill promoted and trained. Moreover a social environment must form where the members encourage to share their ideas and shape creativity.