Effect of School Principals' Leadership Style on Teachers' Social and Emotional Intelligence

Abstract

In this study, the effects of school principals' leadership styles as perceived by teachers on teachers' emotional intelligence and the mediating role of teachers' social intelligence in this effect were investigated. The research model is the relational survey model. In order to test the relationships among variables, structural equation modeling was employed. The analysis data were obtained from 478 teachers working in central districts of Antalya province during the 2017-2018 academic year. As a result of structural equality model tests, it was found that the structural leadership style did not affect teachers' emotional intelligence. Human resource, political, and symbolic leadership positively affect teachers' emotional intelligence. Human resource, political, and symbolic leadership styles, affect teachers' emotional intelligence, both directly and indirectly, through social intelligence.