Abstract:
In recent years, more and more organizations are looking through the lenses of emotional intelligence
to better achieve their organizational objectives and goals. It is now more evident that emotional
intelligence has an essential role in project management and project success. The objective of this
research is to study the effect of emotional intelligence on project success at GIZ Ethiopia, a service
provider in the field of international cooperation. A quantitative research method was used to
perform the research. To get better results the researcher went with explanatory research, on the
other hand, information like quantitative data allows the researcher to go for descriptive research
which leads to unearthing specific relationships. Data were collected through questionnaires to
determine the influence of emotional intelligence elements on project success in projects implemented
by GIZ in Addis Ababa. From 50 disseminated questionnaires 41 were retrieved. The received data
were analyzed using frequency descriptions and multiple regressions. The results indicate that there
is a positive significant relation between emotional intelligence elements and project success.
Moreover, this research shows positive significant relationship between project cost, quality, time,
stakeholder satisfaction and emotional intelligence. It also shows the positive relationship between
emotional intelligence and job performance.
