Associate Professor, Institute of Business Management, The National Council of Education, Bengal, Jadavpur University, rita_nce@yahoo.com
Online published on 15 February, 2019.
This study aims to investigate the employees’ perceptions regarding their emotional intelligence as well as transformational leadership. Participants were 224 correctional officers of West Bengal correctional service working at various functional units and different hierarchical levels. Data were collected by means of questionnaires in a series of face-to-face structured interviews regarding emotional intelligence and transformational leadership. Results provided support for the model which suggests that supervisors’ Overall emotional intelligence and its component Perception of own emotion are positively associated with Overall transformational leadership and its component Management of self which suppose to increase the team effectiveness with subordinate. Implications for management are discussed including the need for supervisors to use emotional intelligence competencies and transformational leadership, so that their subordinates are empowered to participate and increase team effectiveness. This study contributes to our understanding of the linkage among emotional intelligence and transformational leadership of correctional officers of West Bengal correctional service and the impact on teamwork with their subordinates.
Emotional intelligence, transformational leadership, perception of own emotions, management of self
