Kompetensi emosi dan kepemimpinan transformasional di sekolah berkesan dan sekolah kurang berkesan

Purpose – This paper is to identify leader emotional competency level and transformational leadership in effective and ineffective school. Total of 485 leaders randomly selected from school by using Emotional Competencies Inventory (ECI-2) and Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ5x). Findings shows there is significant difference of emotional competencies levels and transformational leadership in effective and ineffective school. The differences gave a big influences toward success and image of school leadership. In order to improving school effectiveness, strong effort has to be done to enhance emotional competencies and transformational leadership level towards school leaders in ineffective school. Method – Method of data collection were employed in this study, namely survey method. In the survey method, questionnaire was utilizes that is Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI-2) and Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ5x), and returned by 485 respondents (233 respondents from effective school and 251 respondent from less effective school) from Perlis, Kedah, Pulau Pinang and Perak in northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. Findings – The result revealed that was a significant relationship between school leadership emotional competencies and transformational leadership in effective school and less effective school. The study indicates significant difference in the school leader emotional competence and the transformational leadership between effective school and less effective school. The hypothesis for differences in term of age and gender at effective and less effective school was supported. This study also found that the dimension of the adaptability and influence played significant role as an influence to the process of transformational leadership in the effective school. Significance – The paper explores extensively the possible implications of the study and addresses these to school and school leadership, teachers and ministry of education in Malaysia.