Open AccessThe relationship between leadership behaviour, outcomes of leadership and emotional intelligence
Author(s) -
Carla Coetzee,
Pieter Schaap
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
sa journal of industrial psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.438
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2071-0763
pISSN - 0258-5200
DOI - 10.4102/sajip.v31i3.207
Subject(s) - emotional intelligence , psychology , social psychology , scale (ratio) , applied psychology , leadership style , management , physics , quantum mechanics , economics
The aim of the study was to explore relationship between leadership behaviour, the outcomes of leadership and the emotional intelligence of managers. The “Multifactor Emotional Intelligence Scale? and the "Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire" were applied to a convenience sample of 100 managers working for various companies in South Africa. The study yielded significant correlations between managers’ level of emotional intelligence, leadership behaviour and the outcomes of leadership.\ud\udOpsomming\udDie doel van die studie was om die verband tussen die leierskapsgedrag, uitkoms van leierskap en die emosionele intelligensie van bestuurders te ondersoek. Die “Multifactor Emotional Intelligence Scale? en die “Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire? is op ’n gerieflikheidsteekproef van 100 bestuurders wat in verskeie organisasies in Suid-Afrika werksaam is, toegepas. Die resultate dui op ’n beduidende korrelasie tussen die vlak van emosionele intelligensie, leierskapsgedrag en die uitkoms van leierskap van bestuurders