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The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Transformational Leadership: Statistical Evidence from Saudi Arabia Using PLS- SEM Analysis |
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PP: 361-523 |
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doi:10.18576/jsap/140603
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Author(s) |
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Abdulsalam Aljumah,
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Abstract |
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| In this paper, the researcher studied transformational leadership, which is said to be the next big challenge for the
organization in facing changing landscape of the macroenvironment. The present research aims to study and understand transformational leadership. The present research has theorized that emotional intelligence yielded from social support, employee engagement, learning orientation and customer orientation can play a significant role in enhancing the transformational leadership capability of the organization. The present research has employed the survey questionnaire as a tool for data collection based on the five-point Likert scale. The present research has collected data from private-sector firms in Saudi Arabia. The partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) has been used as a tool for data analysis. The result from the PLS-SEM analysis have shown that three out of four elements, i.e. employee engagement, learning orientation and social support, are necessary for enhancing emotional intelligence. The results are further consistent with the established theoretical assertions that emotional intelligence can have a significant positive effect on transformational leadership. The research is novel because the present research has theorized the work and organization-related factors such as social support, learning orientation and employee engagement in enhancing overall emotional intelligence directly and
trans-formational leadership indirectly. |
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