IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/lrc/larijb/v2y2012i5p20-34.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

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

Author

Listed:
  • 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)

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.

Suggested Citation

  • Abbas Karimi & Mohammad Hassan Mobaraki, 2012. "The Significance of Emotional Intelligence on Entrepreneurial Behavior of Instructors (Case study: Iran Technical and vocational Training Organization (TVTO)’s Instructors)," International Journal of Business and Social Research, LAR Center Press, vol. 2(5), pages 20-34, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:lrc:larijb:v:2:y:2012:i:5:p:20-34
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://thejournalofbusiness.org/index.php/site/article/view/96/95
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Abubakar S. Garba, 2012. "Entrepreneurship, Public Policy and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria," International Journal of Business and Social Research, MIR Center for Socio-Economic Research, vol. 2(2), pages 158-169, April.
    2. Zampetakis, Leonidas A. & Beldekos, Panagiotis & Moustakis, Vassilis S., 2009. "''Day-to-day" entrepreneurship within organisations: The role of trait Emotional Intelligence and Perceived Organisational Support," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 27(3), pages 165-175, June.
    3. Elizabeth Chell & Susan Baines, 2000. "Networking, entrepreneurship and microbusiness behaviour," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(3), pages 195-215, July.
    4. Baron, Robert A., 2000. "Counterfactual thinking and venture formation: The potential effects of thinking about "what might have been"," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 15(1), pages 79-91, January.
    5. Deborah Hurst & Shelley MacDougall & Chris Pelham, 2008. "Aligning personal and entrepreneurial vision for success," Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 2(4), pages 367-386, October.
    6. Abubakar S. Garba, 2012. "Entrepreneurship, Public Policy and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria," International Journal of Business and Social Research, LAR Center Press, vol. 2(2), pages 158-169, April.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Abbas Karimi & Mohammad Hassan Mobaraki, 2012. "The Significance of Emotional Intelligence on Entrepreneurial Behavior of Instructors (Case study: Iran Technical and vocational Training Organization (TVTO)’s Instructors)," International Journal of Business and Social Research, MIR Center for Socio-Economic Research, vol. 2(5), pages 20-34, October.
    2. Rabindra Kumar Pradhan & Papri Nath, 2012. "Perception of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Emotional Intelligence," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 13(1), pages 89-108, February.
    3. Francisco Javier Forcadell & Fernando Úbeda, 2022. "Individual entrepreneurial orientation and performance: the mediating role of international entrepreneurship," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 18(2), pages 875-900, June.
    4. Sergeeva, Anastasia & Bhardwaj, Akhil & Dimov, Dimo, 2021. "In the heat of the game: Analogical abduction in a pragmatist account of entrepreneurial reasoning," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 36(6).
    5. Mark McPherson, 2019. "Think non-ethnic, but act ethnic: Perspectives from South Asian entrepreneurs," Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, Fundacja Upowszechniająca Wiedzę i Naukę "Cognitione", vol. 15(2), pages 117-152.
    6. Maria de Lurdes Calisto & Soumodip Sarkar, 2017. "Innovation and corporate entrepreneurship in service businesses," Service Business, Springer;Pan-Pacific Business Association, vol. 11(3), pages 581-600, September.
    7. Ahmad Barirani & Randolph Sloof & Mirjam van Praag, 2017. "The Origins and Extent of Entrepreneurial Action-Orientedness: An Experimental Study," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 17-006/VII, Tinbergen Institute.
    8. Tatiana Manolova & Linda Edelman & Candida Brush & Beate Rotefoss, 2012. "Properties of emerging organizations: empirical evidence from Norway," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 39(3), pages 763-781, October.
    9. Mingfeng Tang & Hao Huang & Grace Walsh & Maribel Guerrero, 2023. "The impact of entrepreneurial overconfidence on incubator effectiveness," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 48(1), pages 416-440, February.
    10. Dheer, Ratan J.S. & Castrogiovanni, Gary J., 2023. "Cognitive adaptability’s impact on entrepreneurial intent: The mediating roles of entrepreneurial passion and efficacy," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 160(C).
    11. Ana Isabel Polo-Peña & Dolores Maria Frías-Jamilena & Miguel Ángel Rodríguez-Molina, 2012. "Marketing practices in the Spanish rural tourism sector and their contribution to business outcomes," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(7-8), pages 503-521, September.
    12. Akinboye Abayomi Kazeem & Soaib Asimiran, 2016. "Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy of Engineering Students," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 6(11), pages 519-534, November.
    13. Cassar, Gavin & Craig, Justin, 2009. "An investigation of hindsight bias in nascent venture activity," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 149-164, March.
    14. Anastasia Petrou & Irene Daskalopoulou, 2015. "Social Capital and Small Business Competitiveness: Evidence from Cross-Section Tourism Data," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 6(4), pages 946-967, December.
    15. Shepherd, Dean A. & Zacharakis, Andrew & Baron, Robert A., 2003. "VCs' decision processes: Evidence suggesting more experience may not always be better," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 18(3), pages 381-401, May.
    16. Gawke, Jason C. & Gorgievski, Marjan J. & Bakker, Arnold B., 2019. "Measuring intrapreneurship at the individual level: Development and validation of the Employee Intrapreneurship Scale (EIS)," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 37(6), pages 806-817.
    17. J. Michael Haynie & Dean A. Shepherd & Holger Patzelt, 2012. "Cognitive Adaptability and an Entrepreneurial Task: The Role of Metacognitive Ability and Feedback," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 36(2), pages 237-265, March.
    18. Soriano, Domingo Ribeiro, 2010. "Management factors affecting the performance of technology firms," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 63(5), pages 463-470, May.
    19. Lee, Yong Suk & Eesley, Chuck, 2018. "The persistence of entrepreneurship and innovative immigrants," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(6), pages 1032-1044.
    20. Hiroyuki Okamuro & Kenta Ikeuchi, 2015. "Determinants of Business and Financial Network Formation by Japanese Start-up Firms: Does Founders’ Human Capital Matter?," Advances in Japanese Business and Economics, in: Tsutomu Watanabe & Iichiro Uesugi & Arito Ono (ed.), The Economics of Interfirm Networks, edition 127, chapter 7, pages 135-156, Springer.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:lrc:larijb:v:2:y:2012:i:5:p:20-34. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Al Hossain (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.thejournalofbusiness.org .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.