Title: Women's emotional intelligence and power structure in family (case study: school teachers of Khoy City)

Authors: Seyed Hasan Hosseini; Yaser Sayadi; Mahdi Samimi; Ali Darikandeh

Addresses: Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Imam Ali, Tehran, Iran ' Department of Educational Sciences, Shirvan Chardavol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran ' Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Imam Ali, Tehran, Iran ' Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, The University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

Abstract: Present study explores the relationship between emotional intelligence and power structure in family sphere of the female school teachers in the Khoy City. Emotional intelligence is measured by five core skills of self-awareness, self-management, self-motivation, social-awareness and relationship management in the EQ model of Bradberry and Greaves (2005). The required data was collected using a researcher-made questionnaire designed based on the existing research literature which after being verified for content validation, construct, and internal consistency was distributed among 291 respondents chosen from among the target population with a total size of 1,200 women teachers within Khoy City. Data analysis using structural equation modelling (path analysis) in LISREL environment indicated a statistically significant inverse association between women's emotional intelligence and power structure in family of the teachers in Khoy City, confirming the research main hypothesis at 95% confidence interval. That is to say, the more collaborative the power structure tend to be, the higher the emotional intelligence of women becomes. In addition, according to the obtained results from test of the sub-hypotheses, the dimensions self-awareness, self-management, and relationship management were significantly associated with power structure in family life of the school teachers.

Keywords: power structure; emotional intelligence; family; school teachers.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2020.105269

International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2020 Vol.35 No.2, pp.172 - 188

Received: 05 Jul 2017
Accepted: 06 Nov 2017
Published online: 24 Feb 2020 *

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