EQ & Transactional and Transformational Leadership Styles

In our world of today, the classic/traditional leader- follower relation has no more room and the leader has to be in a close relationship with the follower. In this respective, the concept of emotional intelligence has become the main subject of business life and the importance of emotional intelligence in the structure of the relationship that the leader builds to form is being discussed more and more. This book contains a study which examines the relationship between emotional intelligence and transactional, transformational leadership styles with the moderating influence of gender. The study was conducted on a number of companies in Energy sector in Turkey on 216 white-collar employees who are at the middle and upper-level management. This study may provide useful information for organizations in Energy sector to specify their own strengths and weaknesses in terms of different leadership style and emotional intelligence.