A study of the Relationship between EQ and Personality among Lecturers at a Research University

The main objective of this research is to determine the relationship of EQ and personality traits of lecturers who are promoted as administrators of a research university in Malaysia, particularly at the National University of Malaysia. The relationship between EQ and each of the personality traits of psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism and lie are determined. Using a sample of 120 lecturers, data were collected using Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised Short-Version (EPQR-S) (1985), and Wong & Law Emotional Intelligence Scale. The finding by using the Pearson correlation method indicates that personality trait such as Extraversion (r=.271, p<.05), and Lie (r=.239, p<.05) are positively correlated with overall emotional intelligence among lecturers’ administrators. While personality trait Neuroticism (r = -.348, p<.05) indicates that there is a negative relationship with overall emotional intelligence .The result suggests that there is relationship between personality traits and the overall emotional intelligence.