Report on the Validation of the Emotionally Intelligent Leadership for Students Inventory

Abstract

The present study was designed to examine the measurement of the Emotionally Intelligent Leadership (EIL) construct and to provide evidence of validation for the multidimensional Emotionally Intelligence Leadership for Students: Inventory 2.0 (EILS:I 2.0). The EILS:I 2.0 is a self-report assessment of emotionally intelligent leadership in the context of a student environment. The results of two confirmatory factory analyses of two independent samples of data from students across the United States provide support for a 19-factor model of EIL and the construct validity of the EILS:I 2.0. These results provide leadership educators evidence that use of the EILS:I 2.0 will result in the measurement of 19 capacities of EIL in students. Implications of these findings for leadership educators and directions for future research are discussed.

Citation

Miguel, R.F. and Allen, S.J. (2016), "Report on the Validation of the Emotionally Intelligent Leadership for Students Inventory", Journal of Leadership Education, Vol. 15 No. 4, pp. 15-32. https://doi.org/10.12806/V15/I4/R2