Association of emotional intelligence with leadership skills among Physiotherapists

Abstract

This study explores the association between emotional intelligence and leadership skills among physiotherapists in Lahore. It was an analytical cross-sectional study. The population was professional physiotherapists working in institutes and clinics. Data was collected from Superior University, The University of Lahore, Riphah International University, Jinnah hospital, Children hospital, Gulab Devi chest hospital and Ghurki trust hospital. Convenient sampling was used to collect data and the defined sample size was 190 patients. An emotional intelligence questionnaire and leadership skills questionnaire were used. Among participants 48% were males and 52% were females. The mean age was 31 years. The relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership skills of the participants indicates that there is a non-significant positive correlation i.e. (r=.006, p=.950). It was concluded that there is a statistically non-significant correlation between the emotional intelligence and leadership skills of participants included in this study. By increasing the emotional intelligence, the leadership skills also increases however this correlation is statistically non-significant.