Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Leadership Effectiveness in the Work Place: An Empirical Study.
A multitude of variables have been associated with leadership effectiveness including personal characteristics, behavioural inclination, situational factors and culture to name but a few. Studies pertaining to the individual characteristics of effective leaders often focus on leaders' cognitive and...
| Published in: | International Journal of the Humanities Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 31 - 50 |
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Common Ground Research Networks
2010
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=65484372&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 65484372 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15IH jtl: International Journal of the Humanities maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2010 vid: 8 iid: 2 pid: 22359 pub: Common Ground Research Networks artinfo: ui: 65484372 10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v08i02/58223 ppf: 31 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 546KB tig: atl: Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Leadership Effectiveness in the Work Place: An Empirical Study. aug: au: Kotzé, Martina Venter, Ian affil: University of the Free State, Free State, South Africa su: Emotional intelligence Leadership Middle managers Empirical research Cross-sectional method Regression analysis Problem solving Self-consciousness (Awareness) sug: subj: Emotional intelligence Leadership Middle managers Empirical research Cross-sectional method Regression analysis Problem solving Self-consciousness (Awareness) keyword: Emotional Intelligence Leadership Effectiveness Middle-Level Management ab: A multitude of variables have been associated with leadership effectiveness including personal characteristics, behavioural inclination, situational factors and culture to name but a few. Studies pertaining to the individual characteristics of effective leaders often focus on leaders' cognitive and emotional abilities. One such psychological construct that has gained momentum in leadership research is emotional intelligence. While some researchers and authors claim emotional intelligence is a necessity for leadership effectiveness, others contest such claims. The aim of this study was to determine whether emotional intelligence is a valid predictor of leadership effectiveness. The target population was the middle-level management within a South African public sector institution. A cross-sectional sample was drawn from six different geographical areas across South Africa that consisted of 114 leaders. Each leader's effectiveness was rated by four subordinates, thus involving 570 participants, and each leader rated their own effectiveness (self-rating). Spangenberg and Theron's Leadership Behaviour Inventory (LBI) was used to determine leadership effectiveness, whilst the leaders completed the EQ-i® as measure of their emotional intelligence. The composite scales and sub-scales of the predictor variable (emotional intelligence), and the criterion variable (leadership effectiveness) and its different dimensions, namely (a) Environmental Orientation, (b) Vision Formulation and Sharing, (c) Preparing the organisation for implementing the vision and (d) Implementing the Vision, were subjected to multiple stepwise regression analysis. The results indicated that total leadership effectiveness was predicted by one emotional intelligence composite scale, namely, Adaptability EQ, as well as by three sub-scales of emotional intelligence, namely, Problem-solving, Stress Tolerance and Reality Testing. Five sub-scales of emotional intelligence, namely, Problem-solving, Reality Testing, Stress Tolerance, Self-awareness and Empathy emerged as significant predictors of different dimensions of leadership effectiveness. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of International Journal of the Humanities is the property of Common Ground Research Networks and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: International Journal of the Humanities holder: Common Ground Research Networks dt: @attributes: year: 2010 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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