Abstract: During the last several decades of leadership research, a number of leadership styles have been tested by organizational leaders, a leader who is emotionally intelligent is not exceptional. An emotionally intelligent leader may try various approaches to lead and manage an organization with the help of an appropriate leadership style that helps to formulate strategy, adopt positive direction and motivation within organization. In the current study, an attempt is made to study the correlation of the emotional intelligence of the leaders on their authentic leadership style. The current study adopted a survey method to test the hypotheses. Emotional Intelligence was measured by a 25-item scale developed by Goleman's (1998). Authentic Leadership was measured by a 16-item scale developed by Avolio, Gardner, and Walumbwa (2007). The data was collected from a sample of 360 respondents from the organization of the Petroleum Industry. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 was used to assist with both quantitative and qualitative data analysis and maintain the transparency and credibility of the research. The results revealed the significant correlation between the emotional intelligence of the leaders on the authentic leadership style of the leaders in the Petroleum Industry.
Keywords: Authentic Leadership (AL), Emotional Intelligence (EI).
Title: Emotional Intelligence of the Leaders Correlate with Authentic Leadership Style of the Leaders: A Study of the Petroleum Industry
Author: Dr. Deepti D. Shinde
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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