Emotional Intelligence and Organisational Commitment of Lecturers at Kyambogo University
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Date
2023
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Interdisciplinary Journal of Sociality Studies
Abstract
The study examined the casual link between
emotional intelligence and organisational commitment of
lecturers at Kyambogo University. Specifically, the study
examined the link between the four emotional intelligence
competencies of self-awareness, self-management, social
awareness, and relationship management with
organisational commitment of full-time lecturers at
Kyambogo University. The three-component model of
organisational commitment by Allen and Meyer, which
describes it in terms of affective, normative, and continuance
commitment, was used to assess the concept. Using the
correlational research design, the study adopted the
quantitative approach. The study participants were 175 fulltime
lecturers of the selected university. The data were
collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Structural
equation modelling (SEM) using SmartPLS was used to
analyse the data. The study findings indicated that while
self-management and social awareness were significant
determinants of organisational commitment of full-time
lecturers, relationship management and self-awareness were
positive but insignificant determinants of organisational
commitment. The study concluded that while selfmanagement
and social awareness are essential for the
organisational commitment of lecturers, relationship
management and self-awareness are not. Therefore, it was recommended that to promote the organisational
commitment of lecturers, university managers should take cognisance of lecturers' self-management and social
awareness more than relationship management and self-awareness.
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Affective, Continuance, Normative, Relationship-management, Self-awareness, Selfmanagement, Social-awareness
Citation
Kato, J. K., Mugizi, W., Kasule, G. W., & Kyozira, P. (2023). Emotional intelligence and organisational commitment of Lecturers at Kyambogo University. Interdisciplinary Journal of Sociality Studies, 3, 19-33. https://doi.org/10.38140/ijss-2023.vol3.03