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Aakansha Singh1, Harminder Gujral2, Suniti Chandiok3
  • 1 Amity University, Sector-125, Noida - 201313 (U.P.), Uttar Pradesh, India
  • 2 Amity university Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • 3 Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Professional Studies (BCIPS), Sector-11, Rd Number 221, opposite Metro station, Dwarka, Delhi, 110075

Leadership styles: The role of emotional intelligence inIndian IT companies

2022. Vol. 12. No. 4. P. 55–68 [issue contents]
Purpose. The present research aims to study the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership styles — transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and laissez-faire leadership. Design. The sample was taken from IT professionals of the NCR region of India, and standardized instruments used for data collection include “The assessing emotions scale” and “Multifactor leadership questionnaire”. The collected data was analyzed using SmartPLS 2.0 and SPSS 23. Findings. Findingsrevealed that there exists a relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership. The results indicated that all the three leadership styles: transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and laissez-faire leadership, are affected by emotional intelligence. The most substantial relationshipof emotional intelligence was discovered with transformational leadership and the weakest with transactional leadership. Practical implication. This study suggests that the organizations should recruit managers with high emotional intelligence level to improve performance and provide training to improve the emotional intelligence level of employees. Originality and value of results. There is previous research focusing on a leader’s emotional intelligence and leadership styles on organizational performance. However, the current area of interest is the role of emotional intelligence in leadership styles.

Citation: Singh A., Gujral H., Chandiok S. (2022) Leadership styles: The role of emotional intelligence inIndian IT companies. Organizational Psychology, vol. 12, no 4, pp. 55-68.
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