<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence, Teachers' Academic Optimism and Organisational Commitment in Malaysian Secondary Schools"^^ . "Emotional intelligence – identified by previous study as an aspect that importance for leader to \r\nlead subordinate in achieving the aspiration and goals of organisation. Educational institutions \r\nrequire sound leadership as well as optimistic and committed teachers, working in harmony, \r\nunison and complementarity with each other. The main purpose of this study is to examine the \r\nemotional intelligence of school leaders (LEI) in Malaysia and its influence on teachers’ academic \r\noptimism (TAO) and teachers’ organisational commitment (TOC) in secondary schools. In \r\naddition, the study also examined the role of teachers’ academic optimism as a mediator on the \r\nrelationship between leaders’ emotional intelligence and teachers’ organisational commitment. \r\nBased on the quantitative data collection methods, the study adopted a cross-sectional survey \r\ndesign. A total of 385 secondary school teachers from northern zone of Peninsular Malaysia; \r\nKedah, Perak, Perlis and Penang were selected as respondents using random sampling method. \r\nA set of questionnaire which comprises the Emotional Leadership Questionnaire (ELQ), the \r\nTeachers Sense of Academic Optimism for Secondary Teachers (TAOS-S) and the Multi-dimensional Commitment to Educational Organisational -Teacher Questionnaire- were employed \r\nas the intrument for data collection. Data were analysed using descriptive analysis and inferential \r\nstatistics. The findings showed that the emotional intelligence of school leaders (M=4.30, SD=.42) \r\nand academic optimism of teachers (M=4.29, SD=.53) are at high level. However, the \r\ncommitment level of teachers was only at highly moderate (M=4.04, SD=.54). In detail, each item \r\nof these variables (LEI, TAO, TOC) was shown at a high and highly moderate level with mean \r\nscore 3.41 and above. In addition, the results of the study also show that there is no significant \r\ndifference in the emotional intelligence of leaders based on gender. In fact, the findings of the \r\nstudy also show that there is no significant difference in teachers' commitment to the organisation \r\nbased on demographic background (gender, age and year of service in the current school). The \r\nfindings of the study also showed that there is a significant influence of leaders’ emotional \r\nintelligence on teachers’ academic optimism and teachers’ organisational commitment. In \r\naddition, teachers’ academic optimism also showed a significant influence on teachers’ \r\norganisational commitment. Accordingly, the findings also revealed that the teachers’ academic \r\noptimism partially mediated the relationship between leaders’ emotional intelligence and teachers’ \r\norganisational commitment. In term of the implications, this research led to advancement of social \r\nexchange theory in the area that related to Malaysian educational context. The role of the \r\nemotionally intelligent leader is extremely important in enhancing teachers’ academic optimism in \r\norder to foster organisational commitment of teachers in school. Therefore, the importance of \r\nleaders’ emotional intelligence must be taken into significant consideration by the Ministry \r\nespecially the sole national institute of education management and leadership of Malaysia, the \r\nInstitute of Aminuddin Baki (IAB). Furthermore, the organisational commitment and academic \r\noptimism of teachers should be pressed at the teacher training institution in detail and in depth."^^ . . . "Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Pendidikan, Universiti Sains Malaysia 11800 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia"^^ . . . . . . . "Uma Thevi."^^ . "Vetriveilmany"^^ . "Uma Thevi. Vetriveilmany"^^ . . . . . . "Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence, Teachers' Academic Optimism and Organisational Commitment in Malaysian Secondary Schools (PDF)"^^ . . . "ABSTRAK KAJIAN PHD. DR.UMA THEVI VETRIVEILMANY IABCGH.pdf"^^ . . . "Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence, Teachers' Academic Optimism and Organisational Commitment in Malaysian Secondary Schools (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #1324 \n\nLeaders’ Emotional Intelligence, Teachers' Academic Optimism and Organisational Commitment in Malaysian Secondary Schools\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "L Education (General)"@en . .