Abstract

As one of the most important active and distinguished systems in each society, university has different functions as well as moral and economical goals. The current descriptive-survey study addressed the relationship between emotional intelligence and social capital with professional self-actualization of the university deans in relation to faculty members’ viewpoint. To this end, a total number of 215 faculty members of the universities of state, Islamic Azad and Payam-e-Noor universities were selected through cluster sampling as the participants of the study. They were administered two questionnaires of Standardized Bar-on emotional intelligence questionnaire and a researcher-made one about social capital. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics method (frequency, percentage, mean), inferential statistics method, Chi-square test, Spearman and K-S correlation coefficients, and T-test. The results of the study, ultimately, confirmed the existence of significant relationship between the mentioned variables of interest and all research hypotheses. Research of this kind will stir more investigation on the ways of growth and development of organizational relations.