The Significance of Emotional Intelligence on Entrepreneurial Behavior of Instructors (Case study: Iran Technical and vocational Training Organization (TVTO)’s Instructors)

Abbas Karimi and Mohammad Hassan Mobaraki
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Abbas Karimi: Master Student in Entrepreneurship Management,Faculty of Entrepreneurship,University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Hassan Mobaraki: Associate Professor,Faculty of Entrepreneurship,University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

International Journal of Business and Social Research, 2012, vol. 2, issue 5, 20-34

Abstract: Entrepreneurial characteristics, in fact, are the entrepreneurs behavioral outputs in different conditions. The behavior, which can be increasingly changed during the times, is a function of acquired and inherent factors. Emotional intelligence as a set of teachable and acquisitive behaviors, can affect the entrepreneurs’ behavioral characteristics. This paper tried to study the relationship between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial behavioral characteristics among the Iran Technical and vocational Training Organization (TVTO)’s Instructors. The statistical sample population in this research is 105 instructors from all over the Iran. Two standardized questionnaires including; Measurement Instrument of Personality characteristics of Iranian’s Entrepreneurs and “Bar- On†Test for assessing the Emotional Intelligence has been used for data collection after testing their validity and reliability. Results from data analysis using descriptive and inferential statistical techniques showed that there is a significant positive relationship between entrepreneurial characteristics and emotional intelligence among Iran TVTO’s instructors.

Keywords: Emotional Intelligence (EI); Personality characteristics of Entrepreneurs; Iran Technical and vocational Training Organization (TVTO)’s Instructors. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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