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Introduction: Today, the decrease in nurses' organizational commitment has created many organizational problems and has led to a decrease in care services and the efficiency of hospitals. Since there is a relationship between emotional intelligence and organizational commitment, the present study was conducted to determine the effect of emotional intelligence skills training on nurses' organizational commitment.
Methods: An experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group was conducted in 2014 in Birjand. Using a simple random method, one teaching hospital was selected as the sampling site for the nurses in the intervention group and another for the control group. Pre-test and post-test data were collected by Allen and Meyer Organizational Commitment Questionnaire as self-report. The Emotional Intelligence Skills Training Program is based on the Travis Brad berry and Jean Greaves model, which emphasizes the teaching of the four components of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management over 10 sessions. After the intervention, both individuals were tested. Finally, the collected data were entered into SPSS software (18th edition) and analyzed with the help of the independent t-test and pair t-test at a significance level of 0. 05.
Results: The mean score of total organizational commitment before 94.25 ± 22.74 and after 98.56 ±2.77 of training in the control group was not statistically significant (p> 0.05); While the mean score of total organizational commitment before training in the intervention group was 99.56 ±17.60 and after training was 110.69 ± 16.49 and indicates a statistically significant difference (p =0.04).
Conclusion: To what extent can emotional intelligence affect the important variable of organizational commitment of employees of health organizations and is crucial. Therefore, laying the groundwork for promoting employees' emotional intelligence should be considered.