Kouame Kouakou Felicien* |
Corresponding Author: Kouame Kouakou Felicien, Felix Houphouet-Boigny University Abidjan-Cocody, 22 BP 441 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire |
Revised: 21 September 2020; |
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The
study aims to analyze the role of gender and age in the dynamic relationship
between emotional skills and leadership practices among Fraternité Matin Group
executives. To this end, a representative sample of 61 executives (out of a
total 87 executives in the company), including 45 men and 16 women, aged
between 35 and 60, using the random sampling method, is submitted to a
questionnaire. The results reveal that the two intermediate variables (gender
and age) do not have a significant relationship with either emotional skills or
leadership practices. The assumption that these two intermediate variables act
as moderators in order to influence the two main variables (emotional
competences and leadership practices), does not stand the test of fact. Thus, men
and women, regardless of their age, seem similar in the deployment of emotional
skills and leadership practices. However, the findings highlight connections
between emotional skills and leadership practices. These results indicate the
emotional underpinnings of leadership practices and establish significant
correlations between components of emotional competencies and leadership
practices among executives who participated in the study. In sum, these results
suggest that performance in leadership practice is significantly influenced by
the ability of the executive to manage their own feelings and ability to
recognize and understand the feelings of others. Based on these results, we
suggest that strategy for developing emotional skills be implemented by Fraternité
Matin to increase leadership within it, thereby creating a social climate
favorable to professional development.
Keywords: Emotional
skills; Gender; age; Practices; Leadership; Fraternite Matin.