TITLE:
Emotional Intelligence and Interest in Leadership, Moderating Role of Age and Gender among Undergraduate Political Science Education Major Students in a Public University in Ghana
AUTHORS:
Mohammed Issah, Awaisu Imurana Braimah
KEYWORDS:
Emotional Intelligence, Interest, Leadership Interest, Political Science, Education
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Leadership,
Vol.11 No.1,
March
31,
2022
ABSTRACT: The study was to examine the
relationship between emotional intelligence and interest in leadership, moderating role of age, and gender among
undergraduate political science students in a university in Ghana. The study
used a cross-sectional survey design. Data
was collected through an online survey from 165 undergraduate students at a university in Ghana. The data collection
instrument consists of the Interest in Leadership Scale (ILS) and
Emotional Intelligence measure (EI). The results revealed that emotional
intelligence is significantly and positively correlated with interest in
leadership. However, age and gender have no
moderating effect on the relationship between emotional intelligence and interest in leadership in this study.