Open Access"If you rake me over the coals…" – The Emotional Intelligence of Benjamin Netanyahu: The Prime Minister of Israel, as Perceived by Israeli Citizens
Author(s) -
Yaffa Buskila,
Tamar Chem Levi,
Andrea Kayne
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
athens journal of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-0004
pISSN - 2241-7737
DOI - 10.30958/ajss.9-2-4
Subject(s) - prime minister , emotional intelligence , psychology , political science , engineering , law , social psychology , politics
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, held the premiership for the longest period in the history of the Jewish nation. He considered as a very strong and influential leader. Leadership has manifestations of Emotional Intelligence (EI). The study aims to construct new knowledge about how Israeli citizens perceive the EI of Netanyahu. Questionnaire was sent to 414 Israeli participants who own first academic degree or above. Results show that the Israeli citizens perceived Bibi’s EI as high, with average of 5.08 out of 7. It was assumed that in order to achieve his goals, Netanyahu uses also dark side of EI. This study demonstrated that EI could be used with positive-oriented and can also use with negative-oriented. Keywords: emotional intelligence, Benjamin Netanyahu, leadership, dark EI