Effect of Emotional Intelligence (EI) On Leadership Behaviour, A Study of Medical Professional in Pakistan

This research investigates the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership behaviour and how it impacts leader’s behaviour in the health sector of Pakistan. Emotional intelligence seems to be an individual’s ability to properly regulate his or her emotions and use this information to lead one’s thinking and actions. Most of the leaders would steer away rather from interacting with emotional matters, while emotions that are managed properly can have fruitful results Data was collected from 285 medical doctors and administrative staff working in different hospitals across Pakistan through questionnaire. It was hypothesized that emotional intelligence has an impact on leader’s behaviour. Data was analyzed by using statistical methods which included reliability test, demographic statistics, descriptive statistics, regression and correlation analysis tests. Results show that emotional intelligence is positively linked with leader’s behaviour. Moreover, the results highlighted 50% of variation in leadership behaviour was due to emotional intelligence.