Title:
THE EFFECT OF EI (EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE) ON EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AND DECISION MAKING OF LEADERS IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES/INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN

Authors:
Maseehullah Baheer

Abstract:
As today’s hyper competitive market, it’s very crucial for leaders to have their employees motivated and take consensual decisions for the survival of organization that can be done with having the quality of Emotional Intelligence (EI). Many researches are being conducted around the world to investigate the effect of EI over different variables in various contexts. But no research has found in context of higher education institutions of Afghanistan yet especially in Nangarhar Province. Researcher of the current study has a good intention to exactly investigate the effect/role of EI on employee motivation and leaders’ decision making more specifically at private colleges or universities located in the Afghan province of Nangarhar. In addition to using survey approach to accomplish the research's goals, the author has concentrated on the design of the research in a descriptive manner. The data collected from 176 respondents have been collected by adopted questionnaires, while the selection process has been done by a stratified random sampling technique from the very population. After data collection, by the help of SPSS-16, the correlation matrix and regression analysis were applied where the findings have shown that average positive (56%) association exists among EI and employees’ motivation while strong positive (67%) association between EI and leader’s decision making with 0.000 significant level. Furthermore, in regression analysis, the R-Square value has shown that employee’s motivation is 51.8% and leader’s decision making is 55.1% explained by EI, by the help of F value in ANOVA the regression model is being considered good fit with 0.00 and 0.05 significant levels. Besides, from the findings of Beta value in Coefficient table, it has revealed that with 1% change in EI, 0.937% change will take place in employees’ motivation and 1.119% in leader’s decision making. Last but not the least, T value of the mentioned table has rejected the null hypothesis and considered as one of useful areas for research. Finally, it has concluded that quality of EI was measured as most vital or one of the key elements for motivated employees in the organizations, and better decision made by leaders in those universities or institutes of higher education that are run privately in Nangarhar-Province. The findings of current research were recommended to the management of private universities for the sake of employees’ motivation and leader’s better decision making.

Keywords:
Leader, Employees, Decision making, emotional intelligence, Afghanistan-Nangarhar Province, Motivation, Higher Education.

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2023.6203