Authors : Munyesi Muzafalu Swaibu; Matovu Musa; Nabukeera Madinah; Ssali Muhammadi Bisaso

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 7 - July

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25jul1947

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Abstract : The study pursued to examine the relationship between school leaders’ emotional intelligence and effective decision-making in private secondary schools in Iganga Municipality, Uganda. The study specific objectives were; i) To examine the relationship between school leaders’ self-awareness and effective decision-making, ii) To examine the relationship between school leaders’ social skills and effective decision-making, and iii) To examine the relationship between school leaders’ relation management and effective decision-making in private secondary schools in Iganga Municipality, Uganda. The study revealed that school leaders’ self-awareness positively and significantly relates with effective decision- making in private secondary schools in Iganga Municipality, Uganda. The study also revealed that school leaders’ social skills positively and significantly relate with effective decision-making in private secondary schools in Iganga Municipality, Uganda. Further, the study revealed that school leaders’ relation management positively and significantly relates with effective decision-making in private secondary schools in Iganga Municipality, Uganda. Therefore, the study concludes that school leaders’ emotional intelligence in terms of school leaders’ self-awareness, school leaders’ social skills, and school leaders’ relation management has a positive and significant association with effective decision-making in that an enhancement in various aspects of school leaders’ emotional intelligence leads to an enhancement in effective decision- making in private secondary schools in Iganga Municipality, Uganda. The study recommends that school authorities should encourage school leaders to engage in regular self-reflection and mindfulness practices to recognize how feelings influence their decisions and interactions so as to achieve effective decision-making in private secondary schools in Iganga Municipality, Uganda.

Keywords : School Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence, School Leaders’ Self-Awareness, School Leaders’ Social Skills, School Leaders’ Relation Management, and Effective Decision-Making.

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