Is the leadership performance of public service executive managers related to their emotional intelligence?
SA Journal of Human Resource Management
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Is the leadership performance of public service executive managers related to their emotional intelligence? | |
| Creator | Haricharan, Shanil J. | |
| Description | Orientation: Growing evidence indicates a positive relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and leadership performance. However, in non-Western public service contexts, scholarship on the nature of this bivariate relationship trails behind.Research purpose: Using the behavioural EI model, this study examined the relationships between EI competencies and leadership performance of executive managers in the South African public service.Motivation for the study: A significant bivariate relationship using the behavioural EI model implies empirical significance and practical implications for policy and leadership development in the public service.Research approach/design and method: The multi-rater Emotional and Social Competence Inventory (ESCI) measured EI competencies of 35 executive managers rated by 230 respondents. Multi-source nominations from 371 respondents measured leadership performance. Five study hypotheses were tested using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients and analysis of variance.Main findings: The results indicated significant positive correlations between leadership performance and all four EI clusters of competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management. Of the 12 EI competencies, adaptability, inspirational leadership, emotional self-awareness and positive outlook displayed the strongest correlations. Also, a significant negative relationship between the managers’ competency gap and (self-other agreement) their performance was observed.Practical/managerial implications: The results have implications for management and leadership development and recruitment in the public service.Contribution/value-add: Using the behavioural method, this quantitative study validated the positive relationship between EI and leadership performance in the South African public service. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2022-04-19 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajhrm.v20i0.1773 | |
| Source | SA Journal of Human Resource Management; Vol 20 (2022); 11 pages 2071-078X 1683-7584 | |
| Language | eng | |
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