Abstract

Organizational politics, consumers’ behaviors and buying process coupled with utter ignorance of the benefits derivable from the profound insight and knowledge of emotional intelligence to market segmentation, targeting, and positioning triggered this investigation. 1,500 questionnaires were administered and nine hundred (900) retrieved, representing 60%. Psychometric properties were tested and improved upon using exploratory, descriptive, confirmatory factor analysis, analysis of internal consistency and reliability. Three models and hypotheses were developed and tested at p< 0.05, and regression analysis used to determine the coefficient of r² ×₁ji, r² x₂ji and R² respectively. The streams of hypotheses tested buoyed credence to the empirical consequences of the correlationship with emotional intelligence predisposing an effective mechanism for market segmentation, targeting and positioning in the Nigerian four geo-political regions.

Nonetheless, the low values of 47%, 49% and 26% regression is a corollary for the impecunious applications of the skills and competencies embedded in emotional intelligence prepared for marketers to launch segmentation, targeting and positioning (STP) as marketing strategies.

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