The Role of Principals’ Emotional Intelligence on School Leadership Effectiveness (68232)
Session Chair: Jovani Castelan
Saturday, 22 April 2023 10:20
Session: Session 1
Room: Ballston Room
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
The study has aimed at investigating the role of principals’ leadership styles and their emotional intelligence (EQ) on the work motivation and job performance of teachers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As a means, quantitative research approach and descriptive research design were employed to conduct the study. The path goal leadership questionnaire, emotional competence inventory, multidimensional work motivation scale and job performance appraisal scale were used to collect data from the 316 teacher participants. The quantitative data were analyzed by using the statistical techniques of Pearson–product moment correlation analysis, Two-way analysis of variance and the stepwise multiple regression analysis. Major findings of the study have revealed that work motivation and job performance of the teachers were significantly correlated with the perceived participative leadership style, achievement-oriented leadership style and EQ of principals. Moreover, the EQ of the principals was found to be the best predictor of the teachers’ work motivation whereas the achievement-oriented leadership style of the principals was identified as the best predictor of the job performance of the teachers. Furthermore, the interaction effects of all the four path goal leadership styles vis-à-vis the EQ of the principals have shown differential effects on the work motivation and job performance of teachers. Thus, it is reasonable to conclude that EQ is the sine qua non of effective school leadership. Hence, this study would be useful for policy makers and educational leaders to come up with policies that would enhance the role of EQ in the effectiveness of school leadership.
Authors:
Daniel Gebreslassie Mekonnen, Panjab University, India
About the Presenter(s)
Mr Daniel Mekonnen is a University Doctoral Student at Panjab University in India
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