The relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership practice among middle administrators

• Main Authors: Shamsudin, Abdul Shukor, Halipah, Azizi, Mohd Kassim, Abdul Wahid
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/22417/1/ICBM%202014%20%2016%2021.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/22417/

The recent challenges facing by the Malaysian higher education institutions have compelled the staff to equip themselves with skills such as leadership quality.Past studies, among others indicated that effective leadership was influenced by emotional intelligence.As such, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership practices among middle administrators in Malaysian public universities.In total 500 questionnaires were distributed and 273 completed.The results suggested that only the dimension of regulation of emotion was significantly related to leadership practice.Several recommendations were made for future research.