Impact of leadership practices on manager’s pathways to goal attainment: the mediating effect of emotional intelligence
International Journal of Organizational Analysis
ISSN: 1934-8835
Article publication date: 29 June 2022
Issue publication date: 24 November 2023
Abstract
Purpose
While the relationship between some leadership styles and emotional intelligence has been studied, leadership practices and emotional intelligence have not been studied for an understanding of how both variables enable a leader to look for pathways to goal attainment. This study aims to examine the impact of leadership practices on pathways to goal attainment while considering the mediating effect of emotional intelligence.
Design/methodology/approach
This study was empirical with an associative strategy. The type of study was explanatory, and latent variables design was followed. The sample consists of 496 Colombian managers, obtained through a non-probability sampling (purposive sample), who work in companies located in Bogota, Colombia. For measuring the variables, three instruments were used, Leadership Practices Inventory, Adult Dispositional Hope Scale and Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale.
Findings
Results from this study suggest that the relationship between leadership practices (model the way, inspire a shared vision and enable others to act) and pathways to goal attainment is mediated by emotional intelligence. Also, leadership practices and emotional intelligence explained 45.60% of the variability of the pathways to goal attainment.
Originality/value
The effectiveness of leadership practices can be explained through the hope they have about the future by using emotional intelligence as an influencing strategy. This study aims to explain how emotional intelligence helps leaders to look for pathways to goal attainment.
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Citation
Acosta-Prado, J.C., Zárate-Torres, R.A., Tafur-Mendoza, A.A., Prada-Ospina, R. and Sarmiento, C.F.R. (2023), "Impact of leadership practices on manager’s pathways to goal attainment: the mediating effect of emotional intelligence", International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 31 No. 7, pp. 2889-2902. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-01-2022-3110
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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