Impact of School Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence on Followership among Teachers having Alienated Followership Style

Abstract

Emotional intelligence is considered crucial for the school leaders to enhance performance of their followers generally. However, alienated followers are the one who are most reluctant to work and willingly resist their leaders. Therefore, the study investigated the impact of school leaders’ emotional intelligence on the followership of teachers having alienated followership style. Prediction based survey consisted of total 1209 respondents out of which 121 were identified having alienated followership style. Trait emotional intelligence questionnaire was adapted, whereas, scale on teachers’ followership was self-developed. Contextual estimates of validity and reliability using PLS-SEM were observed before reporting results. Results revealed that competence, commitment, self-management of the teachers having alienated followership style is significantly explained through emotional intelligence of the school leaders. However, courage of the alienated followers is not predicted significantly. Therefore, the concerned educational stakeholders may focus on the emotional intelligence of the school leaders along with followership style of the teachers