A study on effect of big five personality traits on emotional intelligence

• Published in: International journal of industrial engineering computations Vol. 4; no. 6; pp. 1279 - 1284
• Main Authors: Dehghanan, Hamed, abdollahi, Hadi, Rezaei, Mohammad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Growing Science 01-06-2014
• Subjects: Big Five personality trait; Emotional intelligence; Personality
• ISSN: 1923-9335; 1923-2934; 1923-9343
• DOI: 10.5267/j.msl.2014.4.016

This paper presents a study to investigate the effects of big five personal traits on emotional intelligence on some Iranian firms located in city of Tehran, Iran. The proposed study uses two questionnaires, one, which is originally developed by McCare and Costa (1992) [McCrae, R. R., & Costa, P. T., Jr. (1992). Discriminant validity of NEO-PI-R facet scales. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 52, 229-237.] for measuring personality traits and the other, which is used for measuring emotional intelligence . The first questionnaire consists of five personal categories including extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability versus neuroticism, and openness. Using structural equation modeling and stepwise regression model, the study has detected a positive and meaningful relationship between four components namely, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness as well as openness and emotional intelligence. In addition, the study detects a negative and meaningful relationship between neuroticism and emotional intelligence.