Title: Predicting organisational creativity based on emotional intelligence and psychological well-being among Iran's school principals

Authors: Morteza Raei Dehaghi; Abbas Rohani

Addresses: Department of Management (Mobarakeh Branch), Islamic Azad University, Mobarakeh, Isfahan, Tehran, Iran ' Department of Educational Psychology (Mobarakeh Branch), Islamic Azad University, Mobarakeh, Isfahan, Tehran, Iran

Abstract: The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological well-being with organisational creativity on a group of school principals. The statistical population included all school principals in Mobarakeh province in the academic year 2018-2019. The sample size was obtained equal to 113 persons based on the Morgan Table. The research tools were the Bar-On emotional quotient inventory, Reef questionnaire and Torrance test. Gathering data method was Stratified random sampling. Findings showed that there is significant correlation between emotional intelligence and psychological well-being with organisational creativity. Besides, the multi-variable regression analysis revealed that net effects of emotional intelligence and psychological well-being on managers' creativity (R² = 0.329), i.e., about 33% of variance or individual differences in principals' creativity, are related to variance of scores of emotional intelligence and psychological well-being. Thus, emotional intelligence and psychological well-being have acted as significant predictors of organisational creativity of the principals.

Keywords: organisational creativity; emotional intelligence; psychological well-being; school principals.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2022.121171

International Journal of Management in Education, 2022 Vol.16 No.2, pp.175 - 191

Received: 05 Nov 2020
Accepted: 30 Apr 2021
Published online: 28 Feb 2022 *

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