Open AccessEmotional Intelligence and Decision Making: A Correlational Study of School Principals
Author(s) -
Nazir Haider Shah,
Muhammad Naqeeb ul Khalil Shaheen,
Sobia Yaseen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
global social sciences review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2616-793X
pISSN - 2520-0348
DOI - 10.31703/gssr.2021(vi-iii).14
Subject(s) - emotional intelligence , psychology , data collection , descriptive statistics , population , pearson product moment correlation coefficient , positive relationship , applied psychology , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , medicine , environmental health
The objective of the study was to find out the relationship between emotional intelligence and the decision-making of secondary school principals. The current study was descriptive and quantitative in nature, and a survey method was applied to collect the data.All the secondary school principals working in District Haveli and Punch were the population of the study. The instrument used was a self-developed questionnaire to collect the data. The questionnaire was used comprising of three parts. Part A of the questionnaire was used for demographic data, part B was used to measure emotional intelligence, and Part C of the questionnaire was utilized to measure the decision-making styles. The researcher collected data from all secondary school principals of both districts, District Haveli and District Bagh, including private and public school principals, using a universal sampling technique. Data were analyzed through SPSS by using Pearson's correlation analysis. It is inferred that a significant and strong positive relationship exists between emotional intelligence and decision-making styles of principals.