The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Five Factor Model of Personality of English Teachers in Sri Lanka

Quality teachers are the valuable asset of any country. Emotional intelligence and personality of the teachers are two important concepts in developing their quality. These two concepts have correlated with work outcomes, work attitudes and behaviors in several research. However, the research on the relationship between emotional intelligence and personality were limited. This association has not been investigated comprehensively in the context of Sri Lankan education sector. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and five factor model of personality of English teachers in Sri Lanka. The data were randomly collected from a sample of 470 English teachers 58 from North Central province, 250 Western province and 162 Southern province. A questionnaire with two instruments was administered among the English teachers to measure their emotional intelligence and five factor model of personality. The collected data were analyzed using correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The results of the study indicated that the English teachers’ emotional intelligence had significantly and positively correlated with personality types of extraversion, agreeableness and openness to experience but it had not significantly correlated with conscientiousness and neuroticism. It can be concluded that emotional intelligence had strong influence on five factor model of personality of English teachers