The aim of this study is developed and validated a questionnaire to measure emotional intelligence and leadership style amongst primary school headmasters across Malaysia. The instrument was designed by adopting several standard procedures, including item development, validation of theoretical construct of Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Style, pilot test, and validation of the developed instrument. The questionnaires were tested among 50 school headmasters within four week timeframe. The pilot study was conducted to validate all the items embedded in the questionnaire. The response rate for the pilot study was 78%. After the pilot study, minor revision and corrections were made to items concerning Emotional Intelligence, while major revision for Leadership Style. The questionnaire consisted of three primary parts: Demographic and School Information, Emotional Intelligence, and Leadership Style. The Cronbach’s Alpha values for Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Style are (0.868) and (0.726), respectively.
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To Cite this Article: Jamli, N. F. A., & Salim, S. S. S. (2019). Development of an Instrument to Evaluate Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Style of Headmasters across Primary Schools in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(7), 988–993.
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