Role of Personality and Emotional Intelligence on Perceived Stress among Employees of Motogen Company

Stress is one of the effective factors in decreasing employees' performance. A lot of studies have investigated some of related factors. The aim of this study was to determine the role of personality and emotional intelligence in employees' perceived stress. In this study, participants were 306 employees of Motogen Company in Tabriz. They were asked to complete Personality Inventory (NEO-FFI; Costa & McCrae, 1992), Emotional Intelligence Test (Bradbury & Greaves, 2005) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14; Cohen et al, 1983). Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and Hierarchical multiple regression method. Findings revealed that there was a positive relationship between neuroticism and perceived stress. Besides, there was a negative relationship between other personality factors (except to openness to experience), dimensions of emotional intelligence and perceived stress (p<.01). Being married, education level, neuroticism, self-management and relationship management had significant role in the prediction of perceived stress. These factors accounted for 56.7% of total variance in the perceived stress (R²=.567). The results suggest that therapeutic interventions and psychological trainings for employees of productive companies and factories could focus on some of emotional intelligence dimensions as well as neuroticism, alongside with demographic factors.