- Title
- Interrelations between enhanced emotional intelligence, leadership self-efficacy and task-oriented leadership behaviour–a leadership coaching study
- Creator
- Halliwell, Peter; Mitchell, Rebecca; Boyle, Brendan
- Relation
- Leadership and Organization Development Journal Vol. 43, Issue 1, p. 39-56
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-01-2021-0036
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate interrelations between enhanced emotional intelligence, leadership self-efficacy and task-oriented leadership behaviour following participation in leadership coaching. Design/methodology/approach: Organisational leaders (coachees) (N = 70) and their subordinates (N = 175) completed online questionnaires pre- and post-coaching. To account for pre-coaching scores, construct latent change scores were assessed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). Findings: Results indicate a positive association between enhanced emotional intelligence and leadership self-efficacy, however, little support was found for leadership self-efficacy as a mediator explaining an association between enhanced emotional intelligence and task-oriented leadership behaviour. Practical implications: Organisations aiming to improve leader performance through enhancing emotional intelligence and leadership self-efficacy may find value in leadership coaching due to the intervention's positive effect on these constructs, and the positive association observed between developmental changes in these constructs. Originality/value: Research on the interrelation between emotional intelligence and leadership self-efficacy is scarce. This study extends the literature by investigating the interrelation between developmental changes between these constructs brought about by leadership coaching using latent change scores and PLS-SEM. The study also assesses whether enhanced leadership self-efficacy mediates an association between enhanced emotional intelligence and task-oriented leadership behaviour building on the literature explaining coaching's effect mechanisms.
- Subject
- coaching; emotional intelligence; self-efficacy; leader development; task behaviour; latent change scores
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1464853
- Identifier
- uon:47128
- Identifier
- ISSN:0143-7739
- Language
- eng
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