Developing Emotional Intelligence Skills among Practicing Leaders: Reality or Myth? Academic Article

abstract

• 2016 International Society for Performance Improvement. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a leadership training program on participants' emotional intelligence scores. The target population for the study consisted of participants in leadership positions. Seventy-one participants from over 30 countries took the pre-test, and 45 subjects of the sample participated in the second training and took the post-test. The findings of the study show that there was growth in mean scores a year after training and coaching had occurred.

authors

• Muyia, Machuma
• Nafukho, Fredrick

published proceedings

• PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT QUARTERLY

author list (cited authors)

• Nafukho, F. M., Muyia, M. H., Farnia, F., Kacirek, K., & Lynham, S. A.

citation count

• 9

complete list of authors

• Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia||Muyia, Machuma Helen||Farnia, Forouzan||Kacirek, Kit||Lynham, Susan A

publication date

• January 2016

publisher

• International Society for Performance Improvement  Publisher

published in

• Performance Improvement Quarterly  Journal

keywords

• Behavioral And Social Science
• Clinical Research

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/piq.21215

start page

• 71

end page

• 87

volume

• 29

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1002%2Fpiq.21215