The effects of manager's emotional intelligence and innovative corporate culture on the employee performance

In today's quickly changing and improving world, the existence of managers with high level of emotional intelligence and an environment of a company which is open to innovation start to gain importance in business life so as to get and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage. The main aim of this study is to emphasize the importance of constructing an innovative institution culture within the company and having managers with high level of emotional intelligence for institutions. By doing this, the study aims to study the effects of these factors on employees. With the study conducted, the effects of an innovative culture institution and working with emotionally intelligent managers on the performance of the employees are analyzed. A 41-item survey is given to the employees. 305 of the surveys in total have been assessed. Their validity and reliability have been checked via SPSS 17, and then the results have been evaluated by using the methods of factor analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis. As a result, it has been determined that there is a meaningful relationship among emotional intelligence, innovative institution culture and the performance of the employees. Thus, it can be stated that it is necessary for a company to create an innovative institution culture and to have managers who have high level of emotional intelligence in order to increase the employees' performance at work.