La importancia de la inteligencia emocional y su relación con el tipo de liderazgo de los Ingenieros Comerciales de la provincia del Guayas.

Abstract

The present study uses a quantitative model with a cross-section, it was sought to know the effect of different types of leadership and their relationship with emotional intelligence. The dimensions were established using an explanatory, cross-sectional model with a total of 385 commercial engineers from the province of Guayas surveyed. The sample collection technique was through the survey, the instruments used for the study and data collection were the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ-6S) composed of 21 questions from Bass & Avolio (1992), the adaptation to the Ecuadorian reality of Suarez (2017) and the Meta Mood feature scale (TMMS-24) by Fernández Berrocal (2004). The data were analyzed with the Statistical Package Social Science (SPSS) in its version 15.0.and with MS Excel 2007. The reliability analysis of the instruments was performed using the Cronbach alpha coefficient. A univariate analysis of frequencies, regressions and correlations was performed. To test the hypothesis, the Chi-square method was used. The results indicated that both instruments had an acceptable level of confidence. It is concluded by determining that transformational leadership depends mainly on idealized influence, intellectual stimulation and inspirational motivation in commercial engineers in the province of Guayas; and these relate directly to the three dimensions of emotional intelligence. There is a relationship between transactional leadership in its laissez faire factor with the three dimensions of emotional intelligence levels, given the relevance that improving their levels of emotional intelligence could also allow them to change their leadership style and satisfy their need for power.