Abstract:

The main purpose of this research is; searching the relations of emotional intelligence, percieved performance, and motivation levels of call center workers. Relational searching model is used, due to the relations between variables are searhed in this research. The sample is composed of 371 call center workers who are working in Ankara city. Self report scales have been used in order to measure the emotional intelligence, perceived performance, and motivation. The emotional intelligence degrees were measured by using the scale WLEIS which is developed by Wong&Law. The scale which was developed by Kirkman&Rosen was used to measure the perceived performance. The motivation levels was measured by Mottaz motivation scale. The data analized with SPSS. Hypotesis H1 that searching a significant correlation between emotional intelligence and perceived performance, hypothesis H2 that searching a significant correlation between emotional intelligence and motivation, and hypothesis H3 that searching a significant correlation between perceived performance and motivation tested. Correlation analyze was used to test the relations between variables. Finally; various relationships were found between dimensions of emotional intelligence, motivation factors, and perceived performance. Positive correlations between emotional intelligence and perceived performance (r=.386), between emotional intelligence and motivation (r=.273), and between perceived performance and motivation (r=.201) were found (sig. 0.01). H1, H2, and H3 hypothesis were supported by data.

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