Emotional Competence and Leadership Styles of Managers in Private Universities in Uganda

Abstract

This short paper, a part of a wider study on the effectiveness of university managers in Uganda, reports on the emotional competence and leadership styles of managers in private universities in the country. Using data elicited from 240 respondents drawn from eight (8) private universities in the country, the paper reports a direct relationship between the emotional competence and leadership styles of the managers. However, the paper also observes, capacity building for the university managers has not paid due attention to the need to enhance the managers’ emotional competence. Accordingly, the paper recommends that efforts to enhance the managers’ effectiveness should endeavour to enhance their emotional competence.Keywords: Emotional competence; Governance; Human resources development.