Kompetensi emosi dan kepemimpinan transformasional di sekolah berkesan dan sekolah kurang berkesan

• Main Authors: Don, Yahya, Daud, Yaakob
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2011
• Subjects: LC Special aspects of education
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/6175/1/mjliY.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/6175/; http://mjli.uum.edu.my/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Purpose – This research sought to identify leaders' emotional competency levels and transformational leadership in effective and ineffective school.Method – Survey method was employed, using the Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI-2) and Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ5x). Respondents were 485 school leaders (233 from effective schools and 251 from less effective schools) from northern Peninsular Malaysia.Findings – Findings show a significant difference in emotional competency levels and transformational leadership in effective and ineffective schools, which would greatly influence the success and image of school leadership.Therefore, to improve school effectiveness, efforts to enhance emotional competencies and transformational leadership levels of leaders in ineffective schools are necessary.The hypothesis for differences in term of age and gender was supported.This study also found that the dimension of the adaptability and influence played an influential role in the process of transformational leadership in effective schools. Significance – The paper explores extensively the possible implications of the study to schools and school leadership, teachers and the Ministry of Education in Malaysia.