ANALYSIS OF THE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE INFLUENCES, LEADERSHIP STYLE, AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION ON THE DECISION MAKING BY PRINCIPALS OF STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN SOUTH JAKARTA, INDONESIA

Abstract

This causal research is aimed at obtaining the effect of emotional intelligence, leadership style, and interpersonal
communication on the principal?s decision making. Survey was applied in this study which data have been analyzed by path analysis after
all variables put into correlation matrix. In this research, the school principals have been chosen as a unit analysis and 40 samples were
selected randomly. The result of the study finds out that the principal?s decision making is effected directly by emotional intelligence,
leadership style, and interpersonal communication. It also found that principal?s decision making is effected indirectly by emotional
intelligence and leadership style as well, both through interpersonal communication. Based on those findings, it could be concluded that
variation which occurred at decision making of the principals might have been effected by the variations of emotional intelligence,
leadership style and interpersonal communication.
Keywords- Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Style, Correlation Matrix, Interpersonal Communication, Decision Making