The Effcet Of Accountants' Emotional Intelligence Level On Their Organizational Commitment

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to measure the effects of accountant's emotional intelligence level on their organizational commitments'. The relationships between emotional intelligence and organizational commitment have been examined by using Bar-On's five-component model of emotional intelligence, and Meyer and Allen's three-component model of organizational commitment. The authors' analysis results of the data from a sample consisting of randomly selected accountants (Trainers, CA and CPA) who work dependent to accounting firms (CA and CPA firms) from various regions in Turkey (n=470) show emotional intelligence has a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment and also each of three sub-dimensions of organizational commitment: the affective, continuance, and normative organizational commitment.