Emotional Intelligence, Transformational Leadership And Performance of The Higher Secondary Schoolteachers: A Correlational Study

Abstract

The existence of empirical pieces of evidence suggests the significance of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Transformational Leadership(TL) on the performance of employees in different organizations. The aim of the study was to analyze the association between EI, TL, and the performance of the teachers (PT). The data was collected from the teachers of Higher Secondary School teachers using a five-point Likert scale survey questionnaire. The questionnaire was comprised of four parts: the first part was related to demographic information; the second part had items related to EI; the third part was related to TL; and the last part had items related to performance of teachers. A sample of the study was 446 teachers, out of which372 respondents submitted their response. For statistical analysis, Spearman's rho correlation, Regression analysis and CFA were used. The findings of the present study confirmed construct and discriminant validity. Results of the study also indicated that there is moderate to strong correlation between EI and the performance of the teachers, a strong correlation between EI and TL. Moreover, a strong and significant correlation between TL and PT was found. EI and TL were also found as significant predictor of the performance of teachers.