Malaysian educational leaders: the conceptual frameworks

Syed Sofian Syed Salim

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to highlight the importance of emotional intelligence in educational leadership and its relations towards principal’s leadership style of secondary school in Malaysia and impacts on school performance based on SelfAssessment Band of Malaysia Education Quality Standards (Ministry of Education). In recent years there has been an increasing interest regarding emotional intelligence and its role in headmaster’s leadership style. In multidisciplinary area, emotional intelligence is considered as an important component and play and important role in leadership. However, too little attention has been made educational leaders especially in Malaysian context of view. Hence this article seeks to highlight the conceptual frameworks with emotional intelligence as the important element in educational leadership.

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