بررسي رابطه بين هوش احساسي و رهبري تحول آفرين در مديران شركت هاي گاز استاني شركت ملي گاز ايران

A Survey on Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Transformational Leadership in Managers Iranian Gas Companies

In this research we examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and transformational leadership in Iranian province gas companies managers. For this purpose, emotional intelligence based on Golemanʹs model and transformational leadership based on Bass & Avolioʹs model. We proposed 4 main hypotheses and 20 sub- hypotheses. To obtain data, we used EI questionnaire with 67 questions and transformational leadership questionnaire with 20 questions. After evaluating validity and reliability, questionnaires were distributed among 494 samples which were selected from among different levels of managers (senior, middle, operational) using random and systematic sampling method. We used statistical inference methods (Pearsonʹs correlation test) to analyze data. Results obtained from hypothesis testing, confirmed all research hypotheses. There is, therefore a meaningful relationship between emotional intelligence and transformational leadership in Iranian province gas companies managers.