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Educational Administration and Supervision

Illinois State University

2021

Leadership

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Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: An Application To Student Affairs, Alexander David Snowden Mar 2021

Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: An Application To Student Affairs, Alexander David Snowden

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The purpose of this study is to show the prevalence of emotionally intelligent leadership (EIL) that exists among student affairs professionals. The study evaluates the scores among student affairs professionals on the Emotionally Intelligent Leadership for Employees: Inventory (EILE-I) by utilizing information such as educational background, level of experience, gender, and racial identity.

The survey instrument, the Emotionally Intelligent Leadership for Employees Inventory, was designed and administered to 1068 student affairs professionals. Statistical tests from the responses included descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, and analysis of variance. Results showed that student affairs professionals scored an average of “Somewhat …