Relationship between Emotional Social Intelligence and Leadership Practices among Faculty Nursing Students

Abstract

Emotional Social intelligence and leadership practices are seen as a necessity in healthcare practices, That developed in education life Aim: The present study aimed to assess the relationship between emotional-social intelligence and leadership practices among faculty nursing students. Design: A descriptive, correlational design was used. Setting: this study conducted at Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University. Subjects: Three hundred and twenty nursing students participated in the study. Tools of data collection: two tools were used namely emotional social intelligence questionnaire, leadership practices inventory. Results: more than two thirds of nursing students had a high level of interpersonal competencies dimension of emotional-social intelligence. Also, more than two thirds of nursing students had a high level in modeling the way regarding leadership practices. There was a highly statistically significant correlation between emotional social intelligence levels and leadership practice levels among nursing students Conclusion: there was a highly statistically significant correlation between emotional-social intelligence and leadership practices among faculty nursing students. Recommendations: Faculty staff members have to use different teaching strategies that enhance emotional social intelligence among nursing students, Encourage faculty nursing students to practice leadership skills