The overall objective of the present research is to investigate the relationship between public school teachers’ thinking styles and emotional intelligence with their job performance in Bandar Anzali. This study is of applied descriptive research, and field data collection was applied using the questionnaire. The statistical population included public secondary school teachers. According to the report of the statistics unit of the Education Department of Bandar Anzali city, the number of teachers working at the secondary schools was reported 309. The sample size was selected from among the statistical population using Cochran’s formula based on which 309 teachers were selected as the statistical population. Therefore, in this research, 172 teachers were included in the statistical sample which represents properly the statistical population. Patterson’s Job Performance Questionnaire, Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, and Sternberg-Wagner Thinking Styles inventory were used for data collection. 180 questionnaires were distributed among the teachers and, ultimately, 173 questionnaires were received and analyzed. Data analysis revealed that there is a relationship between the teachers’ thinking styles and their emotional intelligence at the 95% confidence level. Further, there observed a relationship between their emotional intelligence and job performance. Moreover, a relationship was revealed between teachers’ thinking styles and their job performance with the mediating role of emotional intelligence.
