Study of the relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance of physical education teachers in East Azerbaijan province from the perspective of sociology of education

The purpose of this study was to determine the role of emotional intelligence on job performance of physical education teachers in East Azerbaijan province. The research method was applied based on the purpose and in terms of survey method, which was conducted in the field. The statistical population was all physical education teachers in East Azerbaijan province (1312 people) and the sample size was 298 people based on Morgan table. The sampling method was multi-stage cluster random. Data collection tools were Bradbury and Graves (2004) Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire and Byrne et al. (2005) and Conway (1999) Job Performance Questionnaire which were distributed among the subjects after validation.The results showed that there was a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance (p <0.05, r = 0.69). There is a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and task performance and contextual performance (p <0.05). There is also a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence components (self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management) and job performance (p <0.05).