Relationships between emotional intelligence, perceived and actual leadership effectiveness in the military context

Despite the importance of emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness, few studies have been conducted in real-life contexts and few have distinguished between perceived and actual leadership effectiveness. This repeated measures study involving 86 officer cadets from the Republic of Singapo...

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Main Authors: Koh, Cheng Boon, O’Higgins, Eleanor
Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1052462023-05-19T06:44:42Z Relationships between emotional intelligence, perceived and actual leadership effectiveness in the military context Koh, Cheng Boon O’Higgins, Eleanor Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Management Emotional Intelligence Leadership Effectiveness Despite the importance of emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness, few studies have been conducted in real-life contexts and few have distinguished between perceived and actual leadership effectiveness. This repeated measures study involving 86 officer cadets from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) investigated these relationships in a military context. Quantitative data were collected from two self-report questionnaires: the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale and the Perceived Leadership Effectiveness Scale. These two self-report tools were also administered to the participants’ peers to examine the agreement between self and other assessments of emotional intelligence. A behavior-based leadership assessment rubric completed by the participants’ supervisors was used to determine actual leadership performance. Significant positive relationships were found between emotional intelligence and both perceived and actual leadership effectiveness, as assessed by peers and supervisors, respectively. This study contributes to the understanding of emotional intelligence as a global construct, and demonstrates that it is significantly associated with leadership effectiveness in a military training context. The findings have practical implications for using emotional intelligence to enhance leadership effectiveness. Accepted version 2019-03-20T05:58:57Z 2019-12-06T21:47:57Z 2019-03-20T05:58:57Z 2019-12-06T21:47:57Z 2018 Journal Article Koh, C. B., & O’Higgins, E. (2018). Relationships between emotional intelligence, perceived and actual leadership effectiveness in the military context. Military Psychology, 30(1), 27-42. doi:10.1080/08995605.2017.1419021 0899-5605 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105246 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47861 10.1080/08995605.2017.1419021 en Military Psychology © 2018 American Psychological Association. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Military Psychology and is made available with permission of American Psychological Association.This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. 42 p. application/pdf
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Relationships between emotional intelligence, perceived and actual leadership effectiveness in the military context
description Despite the importance of emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness, few studies have been conducted in real-life contexts and few have distinguished between perceived and actual leadership effectiveness. This repeated measures study involving 86 officer cadets from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) investigated these relationships in a military context. Quantitative data were collected from two self-report questionnaires: the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale and the Perceived Leadership Effectiveness Scale. These two self-report tools were also administered to the participants’ peers to examine the agreement between self and other assessments of emotional intelligence. A behavior-based leadership assessment rubric completed by the participants’ supervisors was used to determine actual leadership performance. Significant positive relationships were found between emotional intelligence and both perceived and actual leadership effectiveness, as assessed by peers and supervisors, respectively. This study contributes to the understanding of emotional intelligence as a global construct, and demonstrates that it is significantly associated with leadership effectiveness in a military training context. The findings have practical implications for using emotional intelligence to enhance leadership effectiveness.
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title Relationships between emotional intelligence, perceived and actual leadership effectiveness in the military context
title_short Relationships between emotional intelligence, perceived and actual leadership effectiveness in the military context
title_full Relationships between emotional intelligence, perceived and actual leadership effectiveness in the military context
title_fullStr Relationships between emotional intelligence, perceived and actual leadership effectiveness in the military context
title_full_unstemmed Relationships between emotional intelligence, perceived and actual leadership effectiveness in the military context
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