association between emotional intelligence and organizational culture of staff in isfahan university of medical sciences, iran

introduction: this study aimed to investigate the association between the emotional intelligence (ei) and organizational culture of university staff due to different dimensions of ei and its effects on different areas such as job progress, job satisfaction, job environment and organizational performance. methods: this was an analytical and cross-sectional study. it was done on 168 staff of isfahan university of medical sciences, iran using two questionnaires i.e. ei and organizational culture questionnaire. the subjects were selected randomly and asked for cooperation individually and verbally. the data were reported in two descriptive and inferential levels (pearson correlation coefficient test). results: the results showed that there was a significant and direct association between ei and organizational culture. there was also a reversed significant association between ei and the masculinity-femininity culture. there was no association between ei and the individualism and collectivism culture; ei and trust-risk culture and avoidance of incontinence, ei and the culture of distribution of equitable and non-equitable power. conclusion: the results show that there was a direct and significant association between ei and organizational culture. so it is recommended to train all the characteristics of ei for developing and increasing ei due to different dimensions of ei and its effects on different parts of personal life, job and also the similarities with organizational culture in some components that show the time association between the two variables. thus, the components of ei can have affective organizational culture.