The Effect of Emotional Intelligence on the Motivation and Performance of Handcrafted Weavers (Case Study: Carpet Company of Zarrin Baft)

Employees are valuable asset that create competitive advantage for the organization and thus it is very important for human performance on the stage of competition, and thus, emotional intelligence has effects such as motivational effect and greater effectiveness in employees and the creation of an intimate and environment, leading to development in the organizational positive line. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence on motivation and performance of carpet weavers. The research method has been descriptive and survey and it has been applied. The statistical population in this study is all weavers of the Zarrin baft weaving company of zanjan, which is based on the Morgan table, 201 in the method of random sampling. In order to collect the required data, from the (2005) emotional intelligence questionnaire (2004), the Wright job motivation (2004) and organizational performance questionnaire (2008) and questionnaire validity were approved by cronbach's alpha, using the model of structural equation modeling for investigating the relationship between dimensions and research variables from the perspective of respondents. The results showed that emotional intelligence has a significant impact on the motivation and performance of the weavers of weaving carpet weaving in zanjan. In particular, self - awareness, managerial self - awareness, social awareness and management of relationship on motivation and performance of carpet weaving company have a significant effect.