EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL AWARENESS AND RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT) AND LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR (TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL) AMONG SCHOOL EDUCATOR LEADERS

Nurul H. Md-Nawi, Marof Redzuan, Hanina Hamsan, Noor H. Md-Nawi

Abstract


Various changes in the educational system have evolved for educator leaders recently. However, negative impacts on leader’s emotional intelligence due to leadership behavior that arise problems in producing good quality of work performance. This study investigates the impact of an emotional intelligence on leadership behaviour as well as fitness of the suggestion hypothetical model and the observed data. Using a structured questionnaire derived from the literature, data were collected from 306 (89%) subjects from a 15 SBT (High Performance Schools) in Malaysia were chosen by cluster sampling procedure. The data were then analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM); an acceptable level of model fit was found. Two sets of questionnaire to measure emotional intelligence (Emotional Competence Inventory)(ECI) and leadership behavior (Multi-factor leadership questionnaire)(MLQ) were administered. The inclusion criteria consisted of leaders in a school setting. Three-hundred-and-six educator leaders from fifteen SBT schools in Malaysia were recruited into the study. Respondents were on average 41 years old (range= 26-60 years). The Majority were female (n=174), education level (degree; n=255), and working experience (range=11-20 years; n=107). Structural equation modeling (SEM) technique was selected for data analysis via the analysis of moment structure (AMOS) software version 21. SEM results revealed that emotional intelligence had a significant impact on transformational leadership of an educator leaders. Besides that, standardized path coefficient also revealed that emotional intelligence had a significant impact on transactional leadership of of an educator leaders. On a practical note, the assessment of psychological constructs in school setting eg; EQ and leadership behavior could possibly assist in enhancing the work performances in delivering huge benefits to the society especially in the educational contexts.

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Emotional intelligence; leadership behavior

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