title: The impact of emotional intelligence on managers' performance: Evidence from hospitals located in Tehran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Most of the studies show that emotional intelligence (EI) is an important factor for effective leadership and team performance in organizations.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This research paper aims to provide an exploratory analysis of EI in the hospitals managers located in Tehran, and examine its relation to their performance.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present research was an analytical and cross-sectional study. Setting of the study was hospitals located in Tehran, Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a cross-sectional study from a matched sample of 120 managers and 360 subordinates in hospitals located in Tehran. Cyberia shrink EI measure was used for assessing the EI of the participants. Moreover, a management performance Questionnaire is specifically developed for the present study. The total of 480 questionnaires analyzed throughout Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis tests in SPSS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings suggested a poor EI among hospital managers. As for EI subscales, social skills and self-motivation were in the highest and lowest levels respectively. Moreover, the results indicated that EI increases with experience. The results also showed there is no significant relationship between the components of EI and the performance of hospital managers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Present research indicated that higher levels of EI did not necessarily lead to better performance in hospital managers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hasan Abolghasem
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Gorgi
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ; Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hosein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shabaninejad
authors.affiliation: Hospital Management Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tahmasbi
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baratimarnani
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharma Management and Pharmacoeconomics, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Gholamhossein
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mehralian
keywords: Emotional intelligence; hospital managers; performance