The relationship between emotional intelligence and organizational commitment of Asian archery competion's volunteers

The purpose of this study was identification of emotional intelligence and organizational commitment of men and women volunteers and determining the relationship between their dimensions in 17th Asian archery completions 2011 which took place in Tehran. So all the volunteers of this event were considered as the statistical population، and the sample size was determined as the population (80 volunteers). The instruments used in this study were standard questionnaire of emotional intelligence (Bradbery & Griverz، 2004) and organizational commitment (Muday، 1979). The validity of the instruments was determined by 11 experts in this area. The Questionnaires'' reliability determined with Alpha Chronbach''s statistical test (emotional intelligence، α=0. 76) and (organizational commitment، α=0. 75). According to the results، emotional intelligence score was found 105. 31 for women and 106. 31 for men. The means of emotional intelligence dimensions were respectively: 1. Self-awareness 2. Organizational awareness 3. Inspirational leadership 4. Self-control. Also the means of organizational commitment dimensions were respectively: 1. Affective commitment 2. Continues commitment 3. Normative commitment. Finally there was positive relationship between all of the dimensions of emotional intelligence and organizational commitment. So according to the results، it''s important for the sport organizations generally and for the sport management of universities to understand the psychological factors of volunteers like emotional intelligence and organizational commitment so they can attract and attain volunteers more easily.