Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Collaboration Project

This project proposal investigates the mediating role of leadership styles in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and collaboration satisfaction (CS), focusing on the Barbados Community College. The project aims to analyze leadership in the context of EI and CS, recommend appropriate leadership styles, and provide strategies for effective implementation. It employs a mixed-methods approach, including literature review, thematic analysis of secondary data, and primary data collection through interviews. The project outlines objectives, research methods, resource allocation, and a detailed timeline with Gantt chart. Deliverables include a literature review, case studies, analysis of the relationship between EI and CS, expert opinions, and recommendations. The project references key leadership and EI theories, incorporating data protection and privacy considerations. The project is intended to provide clear understanding of the role of leadership as a mediator, the relationship between emotional intelligence and the collaborative satisfaction, and offer smart and structured recommendations.

The Mediating Role of Leadership Styles in the
Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and
Collaboration Satisfaction
-Perspectives from Emotional Intelligence -
Name of the Student

Introduction
Dissertation
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Development
Plan
Proposal for
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Timeline
forecast
Approval
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Client’s Requirements
Role of leadership as mediator
Emotional Intelligence Strategies
in Leadership
Relationship between EI and CS
Recommendations
Requirement from the client: The Barbados
Community College a Tertiary Level
Educational Institution

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Objectives of the Project
•Critical analysis of leadership in emotional
intelligence and collaboration satisfaction
•Recommending the appropriate leadership
style
Objective 1:
Functional
requirement
•Theoretical analysis
•Situational analysis primary
through data collection
Objective 2:
Structural
requirement
•Implementation life cycle
•Implementation cost
Objective 3:
Resource
Requirement

Emotional Intelligence

Collaboration Satisfaction

Leadership in Business
Great Man theory
Situational leadership
Contingency Theory
Transactional leadership
Transformational leadership

Project Method
Data Collection Data analysis
and results
Literature review/
Secondary data
Interview/
Primary data
Thematic
Coding
QDA
Thematic
analysis with
graphical
presentation

Gantt Chart
Critical Path 1.1 2 1.2 3 4 1.3 5 6 1.4
Dependency
1.1 Inception Meeting
1.2 2nd Meeting
1.3 3rd Meeting
1.4 Final Meeting
2 Planning of the study
2.1 Collecting basic resources 2.2
2.2 Developing aims and objectives 2.3
2.3 Choosing research method 2.4
2.4 Forming the structure of research 1.2
3 Reviewing supportive evidences
3.1 Finding Database 3.2
3.2 Collecting resources 3.3
3.3 Developing secondary dataset 3.4
3.4 Documenting thematic literature review 4.1
4 Executing primary research
4.1 Developing interview questions 4.2
4.2 Comunicating with target population 4.3
4.3 Conducting interview 4.4
4.4 Sorting interview doccument 1.3
5 Analysing the collected data
5.1 Coding interview data 5.2
5.2 Analysis through QDA 5.2
5.3 Developing themes and discussion 6.2
6 Finalising the project
6.1 Linking with objectives 6.2
6.2 Forming conclusion 6.3
6.3 Findung future scope 6.4
6.4 Developing final draft 1.4
7 Final submission

Resources and Evidences
Leadership theories Bass, (1990)
Emotional intelligence
theories
Lopes, Salovey & Straus,
(2003)
Role of leadership as
mediators Zhang, Cao & Wang, (2018)
Primary qualitative
research
Polkinghorne,(2005)
Thematic Analysis
Fereday & Muir-Cochrane,
(2006)
The Economic Impacts of effective
leadership strategies as mediator
Rees, Breen, Cusack &
Hegney (2015)
Data protection, privacy
and security rule Data Protection Act (2005)

Deliverables
Literature review
Case studies
Relationship between EI and CS
Opinions of managers and experts
Recommendations for effective implementation

Validity and Reliability
 Clear understanding of the role of leadership as a
mediator
 The relationship between emotional intelligence and the
collaborative satisfaction
 Deficiencies of current leadership approach
 A smart and structured recommendations

References
Bass, B.M., 1990. From transactional to transformational
leadership: Learning to share the vision. Organizational
dynamics, 18(3), pp.19-31.
Lopes, P.N., Salovey, P. and Straus, R., 2003. Emotional
intelligence, personality, and the perceived quality of social
relationships. Personality and individual Differences, 35(3),
pp.641-658.
Rees, C.S., Breen, L.J., Cusack, L. and Hegney, D., 2015.
Understanding individual resilience in the workplace: the
international collaboration of workforce resilience
model. Frontiers in psychology, 6, p.73.
Zhang, L., Cao, T. and Wang, Y., 2018. The mediation role of
leadership styles in integrated project collaboration: An emotional
intelligence perspective. International Journal of Project
Management, 36(2), pp.317-330.