Leader's Emotional Intelligence Factors and Employee Performance
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https://doi.org/10.59890/ijatss.v3i3.378Keywords:
Emotional Intelligence, Leader, Employee PerformanceAbstract
Emotional intelligence today can be used as a measure of the success of an individual's ability to carry out their duties, therefore emotional intelligence is not only expected from employees, but also from organizational leaders. Emotional intelligence from leaders consists of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, social management factors which are expected to have a relationship with performance. This research uses a qualitative method, where in this research uses theories from articles, books and websites related to the leader's emotional intelligence and performance. Leaders who have high emotional intelligence are able to understand, manage and respond well to emotions, both personal emotions and the emotions of other people, and also the emotional intelligence of leaders not only impacts harmonious work relationships but also directly increases employee productivity and performance
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