Role of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Qualities and Self-Efficacy Among University Students

Abstract

Emotional intelligence may be a set of non-cognitive talents that affects data and skills and productive talents in numerous setting conditions or things. Emotional intelligence plays a really vital role within the formation, development and so the continuation of the effective human interactions, and it's typically one among the foremost vital factors that permits a personal to understand however, when, and in what kind to use communication methods. Emotional intelligence may be a set of non-cognitive capabilities that will increase a personality's ability to deal with the day to day functioning. The present study was designed to investigate the influence of emotional intelligence in leadership quality and self-efficacy among students. For this purpose, a sample of 200 students (100 females and 100 males) of the age range 18-25 years from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, (Deemed to be University) Patiala took part in this study.The Schutte self report emotional intelligence test , Roets rating scale for leadership qualities, general self-efficacy scale. The data was analyzed by using descriptive analysis of correlation and regression. Emotional intelligence played a significant role in the leadership quality of females. Self-efficacy played a significant role in the leadership quality.