Predictors of Leadership Effectiveness Among Public School Administrators
Keywords:
Leadership effectiveness, public school administrators, decision-making, emotional intelligenceAbstract
INTRODUCTION
This study was conducted to determine the level of decision-making, emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence and leadership effectiveness of public school administrators. Moreover, this was conducted to determine whether the predictors, decision-making, emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence, correlate with leadership effectiveness and to determine what structural model among the predictor variables best explains the leadership effectiveness of public school administrators.
METHODS
The study, which was participated in by 44 public school administrators of the Sarangani Division, utilized descriptive and correlationalmethods. The four questionnaires used in this study have high validity and high reliability values.
RESULTS
Results showed that emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence did correlate with leadership effectiveness. Among the predictor variables, indicators of emotional intelligence are highly fitted in the structural model that would best explain leadership effectiveness of public school administrators.
DISCUSSIONS
The study concluded that when school administrators have high level of emotional and spiritual intelligence, they are most likely effective in exercising their leadership functions and roles.
