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Lei, S., Huang, J.-H., & Liu, Y. (2025). The impact of university teachers’ perceived emotionally intelligent leadership on work performance: The mediating role of work passion. Environment and Social Psychology, 10(6), ESP-3815. https://doi.org/10.59429/esp.v10i6.3815

The impact of university teachers’ perceived emotionally intelligent leadership on work performance: The mediating role of work passion

Shasha Lei

Chinese International College, Dhurakij Pundit University, Bangkok, 10210, Thailand ; School of Education, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning,437000, China

Jian-Hao Huang

Chinese International College, Dhurakij Pundit University, Bangkok, 10210, Thailand

Yunfei Liu

Chinese International College, Dhurakij Pundit University, Bangkok, 10210, Thailand; Wuhu University, Wuhu,241000, China


DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/esp.v10i6.3815


Keywords: Perceived emotionally intelligent leadership; teacher work performance; work passion

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the mechanism by which perceived emotionally intelligent leadership influences the work performance of university teachers, with work passion as a mediating variable. Based on the Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) theory, this study employed a questionnaire survey method targeting teachers from four universities in the central and eastern regions of China. A total of 478 questionnaires were distributed using a convenience sampling method. The study utilized scales for perceived emotionally intelligent leadership, work passion, and work performance. The results indicate that perceived emotionally intelligent leadership has a positive impact on the work performance of university teachers in the central and eastern regions of China; teachers’ perceived emotionally intelligent leadership positively influences work passion; teachers’ work passion positively affects work performance; and teachers’ work passion plays a significant partial mediating role in the relationship between perceived emotionally intelligent leadership and work performance.

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