%0 Journal Article
%T The Correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Project Management Success
%A Mounir El Khatib
%A Mariam Almteiri
%A Shaikha Aysha Al Qasemi
%J iBusiness
%P 18-29
%@ 2150-4083
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ib.2021.131002
%X As the number of projects increase in diverse fields,
so the demand for effective project managers increases. In the United Arab
Emirates, the recent exponential growth has resulted in increased projects.
However, determining an individual who would make an effective project manager
continues to be a challenge. In this study, the correlation between emotional
intelligence and project success was explored. Initially, valuable secondary
research was carried out to point out the main features a project manager with
high Emotional Intelligence (EI) exhibits followed by proof of correlation
between those features and an above average EI score. An online survey was
administered to fifteen project managers to collect data concerning their
emotional intelligence and the success of their projects. According to the
findings, emotional intelligence correlates strongly with project success.
Consequently, this study recommends that organizations should hire emotionally
intelligent project managers to ensure project management success.
%K Emotional Intelligence
%K Project Management
%K Management Success
%K Performance
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=107331