scholarly journals Transformational Leadership and School Outcomes in Kenya: Does Emotional Intelligence Matter?

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laban P Ayiro
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
School Outcomes ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency

Increased interest in leadership preparation and development is based on the fact that school leaders can make a difference in both the effectiveness and efficiency of schooling. Symptomatic of weak management systems, more than 300 secondary schools experienced turbulence in Kenya between the months of May and August in 2011 due to mismanagement resulting in the destruction of property worth millions of shillings. Various theories and models have been constructed to explain the leadership functions and suggest different approaches to leadership. A growing body of studies has shown that emotional intelligence is inherently associated with transformational leadership whose theory has highlighted the importance of leaders' influence on followers' emotional states. This study has a specific purpose of advancing and expanding research on emotional intelligence and transformational leadership in schools in Kenya. Das erh

School principals’ leadership style and school outcomes

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam E. Nir ◽  
Lior Hameiri
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
School Effectiveness ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
School Outcomes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Transformational Leadership Style

Purpose – While the significance of principals for the organizational behavior of schools is crucial, school leaders’ influence on school outcomes is indirect and mediated through various means that leaders employ in order to increase the productivity of their school. Although the exercise of power is viewed among the main factors explaining followers’ willingness to comply with leaders’ demands and means to promote school effectiveness, it is rather surprising that the educational administration literature lacks substantial evidence testifying to the mediating effect that principals’ use of various powerbases has on school effectiveness. The purpose of this paper is to make an attempt to fill this gap. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaires were administered to 954 teachers coming from 191 randomly sampled public elementary schools. Findings – Evidence testifying to the relation between leadership styles and use of powerbases suggests that the transformational leadership style is positively related to the use of soft powerbases and negatively related to the use of harsh powerbases. Findings also show that leadership style and powerbase utilization differentiate effective and ineffective schools. Finally, it is evident that soft powerbases such as expertise, personal reward and referent powerbases partially mediate the relation between the transformational leadership style and school effectiveness, moderating the negative relation found between the passive leadership style and school effectiveness. Originality/value – These findings confirm that powerbases are in fact a mechanism through which school leaders influence school effectiveness. Implications are further discussed.

Towards a healthy school climate: The mediating effect of transformational leadership on cultural intelligence and organisational health

2020 ◽  
pp. 174114322093731
Author(s):  
Joseph M Velarde ◽  
Muhammad Faizal Ghani ◽  
Donnie Adams ◽  
Jun-Hwa Cheah
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Cultural Intelligence ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Inclusive Learning

In the ever-changing 21st-century landscape characterised by emerging global and technical trends, the search for relevant leaders in school systems relies on the premises of building a conducive, adaptive and inclusive learning environment. Thus, this article aims to examine the mediating effect of transformational leadership attributes of school leaders on their cultural intelligence and the organisational health of secondary schools in Kuala Lumpur. Using a quantitative design, a survey questionnaire was administered to 476 school leaders in Kuala Lumpur. The results from the survey were analysed using PLS-SEM technique with SmartPLS software, which established the direct effects of cultural intelligence on transformational leadership and organisational health. In addition, transformational leadership was determined to have a direct effect on organisational health. The evaluation of the structural model revealed that transformational leadership has a mediating effect on cultural intelligence of school leaders and organisational health of secondary schools. Aside from advancing the theoretical understanding of school leadership, the results of this article present reflection points for current and aspiring school leaders, opportunities for inclusion of cultural understanding in school leadership programs, and provisions in policies in organisational development in multicultural schools.

scholarly journals Relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Sleep Quality and Body Mass Index in Emergency Nurses

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 607
Author(s):  
Noelia Miguez-Torres ◽  
Alejandro Martínez-Rodríguez ◽  
María Martínez-Olcina ◽  
Laura Miralles-Amorós ◽  
Cristina Reche-García
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Type I ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Emergency Nurses ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Lack Of Sleep

Nurses have long working hours with high psychological burdens. In addition, in the emergency department, nurses are required to quickly adapt emotionally. The aim of this study was to describe and relate emotional intelligence (EI) skills of emergency nurses, their body mass index (BMI) and sleep quality. For this purpose, a cross-sectional was carried out in which the perceived emotional intelligence test and the Pittsburgh sleep quality index were applied. Sixty-two emergency nurses (48 women and 14 men) participated. The results indicated that the majority of them present adequate levels of EI, with no differences by gender. Younger nurses showed a better ability to feel, express and understand emotional states than the older ones, while the ability to regulate emotional states occurred in the opposite way. Nurses who have been working for several years showed a better ability to regulate emotions than those with less experience. Those who were overweight grade II and obese type I expressed their feelings better, also the regulation of emotional states decreased as weight increased. Finally, it has been observed that the quality of sleep of emergency nurses is significantly altered, and that this lack of sleep may affect their ability to process emotions.

Leadership approaches for modern nursing practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Peter Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Contingency Theory ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The Core ◽  
Leadership Approaches ◽  
Cardiovascular Care

This article identifies leadership as a key responsibility of all nurses, including those working in cardiovascular care—whether they are in a leadership role or whether they have to exercise it in their practice. It identifies that, contrary to early theories, leadership knowledge and skills may be taught and learned. It identifies the core definitions of leadership as being influenced by the person, result, position, purpose or process. It goes on to discuss two key approaches to leadership that suit modern nursing practice: contingency theory and transformational leadership. These approaches are demonstrated as pertinent to modern nursing practice because they focus on the development of people and the team, and require emotional intelligence.

Emotional Intelligence as the Subject of Studying Metacognitive Processes in Universities

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-100
Author(s):  
Marina Vladimirovna Melnichuk ◽  
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Marina Anatolievna Belogash ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Cognitive Task ◽  
Emotional Awareness ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Metacognitive Skills ◽  
Metacognitive Processes

In the context of modern digital transformation of all aspects of the socioeconomic environment, training university students for analytical processing of increasing inflows of data and dealing with complex cognitive tasks driven by metacognition has become of particular importance. The research is aimed to review the structure of metacognitive processing, the development factors of metacognitive skills, the relation of metacognitive skills to emotional and cognitive skills, and to determine their role in the achievement of academic success of university students. Methodology. The research is undertaken on the basis of theoretical investigation and comprehensive analysis of theoretical conceptualization of intelligence. The authors have researched the derivation of metacognition, the structure of self-regulating metacognitive processes and their interaction with cognitive and affective processes. The research findings confirm that the metacognitive experience provides self-reflection, emotional awareness of feelings, estimating relationships between emotional states and the degree of implementation or attainability of a cognitive task. The authors conclude that emotional intelligence is manifested in metacognitive skills and predicts academic success. Also, teaching and learning strategies are required to be refined taking into account the development of emotional and metacognitive skills of university students.

THE QUALITY OF HOTEL PERFORMANCE (The Effectiveness and Efficiency)

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 145-160
Author(s):  
Ivanka Avelini Holjevac ◽  
Ana Marija Vrtodušić
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Quality Management Systems ◽  
Customer Care ◽  
Hotel Performance ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency

Service quality has been a major preoccupation of the hospitality industry throughout the 1980s and the early 1990s. Quality management systems have been clearly identified as a means of increasing the professionalism and social competence of staff, while developments such as customer care programs and quality teams have produced notable improvements in the effectiveness and efficiency. Starting from the main economic goal of making profit in each enterprise, it is necessary to measure and to evaluate effectiveness and efficiency. The aim of this paper is to emphasize the importance and necessity of measuring two aspects of the quality of business success: effectiveness (hotel market success) and efficiency (hotel economy). The paper defines effectiveness and efficiency as well as key ratios for measuring and evaluating those two aspects of quality of business success.

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