Developing a Model for Physical Education Teachers’ Professional Performance Health Based on Talent Management and Emotional Intelligence

Background and Objectives

Talent management and emotional intelligence are accounted as a system to recognize, educate, improve and maintain talented people, with the goal of organization empowerment and organizational goal achievement. The present article aimed at developing a model of professional performance health improvement among physical education teachers in East-Azerbaijan province based on their talent management and emotional intelligence.

Material and Methods

The present research study’s design was applied in terms of purpose, and correlational in terms of research method. The statistical population included all physical educational teachers in East- Azerbaijan province (N=1312) who were working during 2020-2021 school year. The final sample size consisted of 298 teachers who were randomly selected through Krejcie and Morgan table. The research tools utilized in the present study were Ahmadi et al’s talent management questionnaire, Bradbery and Griooz`s emotional intelligence questionnaire, and professional performance questionnaire developed by Byern et al and Konovy. The data were analyzed both descriptively and inferentially through Spss and Amos softwares. The indices of central tendency and dispersion were used at descriptive level, and multiple regression and structural equations were used at inferential level.

Results

Descriptive analysis of the data showed that the mean and standard deviation of professional performance, talent management and emotional intelligence were 3.84 ± 0.64, 3.77 ± 0.58, 3.83 ± 0.69, respectively. The results of inferential statistics also revealed that Talent management (p<0.001, t= 7.023) and Emotional intelligence (p<0.001, t= 8.316) both had a meaningful positive effect on East- Azerbaijan physical education teachers` professional performance health. Moreover, Talent management with the mediating role of emotional intelligence had also a meaningful positive effect on East- Azerbaijan physical education teachers` professional performance health, too (p<0.001, t= 13.48).

Conclusion

Based on the fact that teachers` professional performance health is significantly influenced by their talent management, it can be concluded that identifying the status of teachers` talents upon their recruitment and providing training to improve their emotional intelligence can facilitate the process of teacher selection while boosting their professional performance health.