Teachers’ perceptions of the utilization of emotional competence by their school leaders in Gauteng South Africa

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 868-888

  Grobler, Bennie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

emotional regulation; interpersonal emotional competence; intrapersonal emotional competence; perceptions of emotional competence; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910072045     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143213513184     Document Type: Article

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