How Does Emotional Intelligence Affects Teachers’ Contextual Performance? A Path Analysis

Chandrawaty Chandrawaty(1,Mail), Widodo Widodo(2)

(1) University Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka, Indonesia
(2) Universitas Indraprasta PGRI, Indonesia

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How Does Emotional Intelligence Affects Teachers’ Contextual Performance? A Path Analysis. Objectives: This study explores the effect of emotional intelligence on interpersonal communication and teachers’ contextual performance, and how interpersonal communication mediating emotional intelligence affects contextual performance. Methods: A questionnaire collected data through the survey methods toward 230 public elementary school teachers in Indonesia. Data analysis uses path analysis supported by descriptive statistics and correlational. Finding: The results show that emotional intelligence had a significant effect on teachers’ contextual performance, directly and indirectly, mediated by interpersonal communication. Conclusion: A new model regarding the effect of emotional intelligence on teachers’ contextual performance, mediated by interpersonal communication, was confirmed. Thus, the researchers and educational practitioners can discuss and adopt a new empirical model to improve teachers’ contextual performance through emotional intelligence and interpersonal communication in the future.

 

Keyword: emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication, contextual performance, teacher.



DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpp.v12.i2.202222

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