Introduction: Identifying the most effective methods of creating more effectiveness of human resources and moving towards them, can enhance job performance and achieving the organizations main objectives. Referees, including human resources who are crucial and very important in holding sport events. They have one of the most difficult and burdensome tasks among executive factors, and should interpret quickly the players action and apply their score based on the law in terms for high spirits. Competence of volleyball referees in this field events, has an especial importance in the sports community, the media, financial and management issues of club, therefore equipping them to some skills and especially psychological abilities, will make them more powerful to do this difficult work. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between self-efficacy and emotional intelligence and job performance of volleyball referees.
Methodology: The research method in terms of the purpose was applied, and in terms of type was descriptive and correlational, that data collection was also conducted in this field. Statistical population included 111 national and international volleyball referees from 44 countries. The sample was determined by counting all and accessible. The questionnaire was used as a means of gathering detailed data and to ensure validity, content validity method was used by experts. confirmation of the reliability of the questionnaire was taken by Cranach’s Alpha coefficient.
Results: The results indicate high levels of variables between the volleyball referees and significant correlation between Self-efficacy variable and also between emotional intelligence components except self-management with their Job performance has been; But the correlation between Self-efficacy and Job performance in the presence of emotional intelligence to adjuster variable was not statistically significant. Test results of regression showed that none of the components of emotional intelligence were not significant as a predictor for job performance of volleyball referees. In the mean of self-efficacy and job performance based on gender and nationality characteristics, significant differences were observed, but in other demographic variables and properties, there was no significant difference.
Discussion: Based on the results of present study, it can be concluded that strengthening and development of self-efficacy and emotional intelligence factors in volleyball referees, is useful and effective in their Job performance.