Management strategies for developing teachers' emotional competency. (1st January 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cheng, Eric C.K.
• Is Part Of: International journal of management in education. Volume 7:Number 4(2013)
• Page Start: 393
• Page End: 405
• Publication Date: 2013-01-01
• Subjects: management strategies -- teachers' emotional competency -- emotionally intelligent workplace -- management in education; School management and organization -- Periodicals; Education -- Administration -- Periodicals; 371.2
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1750-385X

Abstract

This paper aims to explore teachers' emotional competency skills and discusses effective strategies for developing these skills to promote an emotionally intelligent school. This study adopts Bar-On's (1997) theoretical framework to conceptualise emotional competency into developable multifactorial skills and applies his Emotional Quotient Inventory (1997) to collect data from teachers in 40 aided secondary schools in Hong Kong. A total of 958 teachers participated in this questionnaire survey. A six-factor emotional competency model was explored by using a structural equation model. Strategies for developing an emotionally intelligent workplace are recommended to school administrators for promoting an emotionally intelligent school.