Emotional Intelligence, Personality, and Its Impact on Leadership Capability; Subsequently on the Effectiveness of Decision Making

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of emotional intelligence and personality on effectiveness of decision making and to analyze the existence of capability leadership as a mediating variable in the functional relationship between these variables. The study utilizes a purposive random sampling involving of 200 employees as respondents at PT. Bank Aceh Syariah in Aceh Province. Data is collected by a questionnaire survey and analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Hierarchical Regression Model (HRM). The study finds that emotional intelligence effects positively and significantly on leadership capability, it’s subsequently of effectiveness of decision making. However, personality does not effect on leadership capability; oppositely, it does on effectiveness of decision making. The existence of the capability leadership mediates the effect of emotional intelligence on effectiveness of decision making. On the other hand, the capability leadership does not mediate the effect of personality on capability leadership.