Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Style: A Comparative-Gender Study

Eric Van GENDEREN
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Eric Van GENDEREN: Institute of Management Technology (IMT)

REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT, 2012, vol. 13, issue 2, 224-236

Abstract: This study involved Russian managers, extending a US investigation into the possible relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and leadership style; with special attention to that of the ‘transformational’ leadership style. As such, the findings from the US study are compared with the researcher’s Russian investigation. The research further addressed any possible differences in overall EI between genders, as well as differences in preferred leadership style. The results of this investigation found no significant relationship between EI and the leadership style of the Russian manager sample (n=152), nor did it find any significant variances in the overall EI scores, or preferred leadership styles of the managers, according to gender. However, supporting seminal literature, the Russian manager-sample were assessed as clearly preferring a ‘participative’ style of leadership.

Keywords: Emotional Intelligence (EI; EQ); leadership style; emotional competencies; transformational leadership; cross-cultural. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 M16 M19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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