Do the Elements of Emotional Intelligence Determine Charismatic Leadership?

Abstract

Purpose: Emotional intelligence is a critical stimulus of charismatic leadership. This research is an effort to detect the relationships between the elements of emotional intelligence and charismatic leadership. 
 Method: Purposive sampling technique was adopted to assemble data from 356 bankers working in different private commercial banks in Bangladesh. The Emotional Quotient Index (EQ Index: Rahim et al., 2002) and a Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ 5X: Bass &Avolio, 2000) were used to assess emotional intelligence and charismatic leadership respectively. A total of 356 usable responses were received which were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and linear regression.
 Results: The study revealed that all elements of emotional intelligence, namely, self-awareness (r=.64, p<.001), self-regulation (r=.62, p <.001), motivation (r = .65, p< .001), empathy (r = .63, p< .001), and social skills (r = .59, p <.001) were positively correlated with charismatic leadership. It also demonstrated that potential covariates (e.g. experience, age, employee, department, education, gender, and position) shared a negligible correlation with emotional intelligence and charismatic leadership.
 Implications: These unique findings would be helpful to academics, scholars, policymakers, and managers/executives of commercial banks to flourish their charisma by cultivating and boosting emotional intelligence to realize a higher level of organizational outcomes. 
 Limitations: The generalizability of the findings is limited by its particular sampling technique which is less reliable.

Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Sustainable Leadership

“…Goleman (1998) explains EI as the ability to perfectly recognize our and others' emotions, inspire ourselves, and control feelings. It is related to several non-cognitive competencies, capacities, or skills that can affect an individual's capability (Rahman, Ferdausy, & Uddin, 2012a;Biswas & Rahman, 2021). Many scholars also elucidate it in several abstractions (Cooper & Sawaf, 1998;Davies, Stankov, & Roberts,1998;Martinez, 1997;Weisinger, 1998).…”