“Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Project Success: In the Case of GIZ Ethiopia

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.