A study of the relationship between emotional intelligence and the educational group managers’ transformational leadership styles in 13th region of Islamic Azad University

• Main Authors: Sadeg Maleki Avarsin, Davood Hosseini Nasab, Mohammad Vafajou
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch 2012-06-01
• Series: آموزش و ارزشیابی
• Subjects: transformational leadership; emotional intelligence; social skills; self- awareness; self- regulation
• Online Access: http://jinev.iaut.ac.ir/article_521442_e1c14dad4bd6973d1fb68b97362ae3ac.pdf

The objective of the study was to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and the educational group managers’ transformational leadership styles in 13^th region of Islamic Azad University. The research method was survey-correlation. The statistical population was all the educational group managers (320 people) in 2010-2011. Using Morgan table the sample was 175 people. The sampling method was simple random sampling. To gather the data two standard questionnaires namely: emotional intelligence (Siberia Sharing), and transformational leadership styles (multifactorial) were used. To analyze the data Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple regression were used. The results showed that there was a significant difference between emotional intelligence and its components (self-awareness, self-regulation, self- motivated, social- awareness, and social skills) with transformational leadership. The multiple regression analysis showed that among the emotional intelligence dimensions, self- awareness, self-regulation, and social-awareness were suitable predictors in determining the transformational leadership style.