Priya Agarwal
Management
December 2024
This study looks at how emotional intelligence (EI) plays a role in developing effective school leadership. In order to achieve organisational goals, strong leadership is required, and this study shows that Emotional Intelligence (EI) traits like self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, social skills, and self-motivation are important for this. In order to collect quantifiable data, 54 school administrators with a minimum of five years of experience were administered a questionnaire that was based on the Trait Emotional Intelligence Quality (TEIQue). Using Pearson correlation, the research demonstrated a strong positive association between emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness, with self-awareness (r = 0.59) and empathy (r = 0.60) standing out as significant predictors (r = 0.66, p < 0.01). Furthermore, men principals had higher levels of emotional intelligence (r=0.79) and leadership effectiveness (r =0.21) when contrasted with their female colleagues. Emotional intelligence is critical for effective leadership, according to the findings, since it fosters a supportive, cooperative, and strategically aligned work environment
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