The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify key emotional and social competencies required by school administrators to successfully meet the demands and responsibilities of their position. This study also investigated the influence of destructive leadership behavior (leadership toxicity). The participants are 202 teachers reporting on…

Creating and sustaining a healthy school culture is the charge of every principal who leads an elementary school (Missouri DESE, 2013). Low levels of emotional intelligence in staff could result in conflictual interactions between students, staff, and parents, creating a toxic school culture. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine…

We administered both maximum-performance and typical-performance assessments of cultural intelligence to 114 undergraduates in a selective university in the Northeast of the United States. We found that cultural intelligence could be measured by both maximum-performance and typical-performance tests of cultural intelligence. Cultural intelligence…

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between secondary school principal's emotional intelligence quotient, school culture, and student achievement. Partial correlation was conducted to examine the degree of relationships between principal's emotional intelligence quotient and school culture controlling for the effect of…

The research aimed to investigate the current cultural stance and the attitudes of prospective EFL teachers towards culture teaching. For this purpose, 200 teacher candidates (73 males 127 females) studying at a teacher training program of a state university were involved in the study. A demographic information form and two questionnaires were…

Given the growing importance of intercultural competence (IC) as part of the know-how of (future) education professionals, the present study sought to develop a tool that would validly assess this competence in the target population. The proposed 9-item instrument, labeled the Brief Test of Intercultural judgment (BTIJ), adopts the format of a…

Intercultural communication plays a crucial role in second language (L2) acquisition as it always happens in the context of another, usually very different culture. The present study sheds light on the benefits of using documentary videos in teaching intercultural communication to young students and how they can affect students' development of…

Emotional well-being is gaining importance within educator preparation, supporting how cognitive traits are vital but not adequate for optimal professional success. For this reason, it is imperative that the whole realm of human learning be reinforced by elements of holistic education often neglected. The purpose of this article is to: (1)…

The current study aimed to identify the level of self-regulation and social intelligence among students of the College of Education at Prince Sattam University in Wadi Al-Dawasir, and to reveal the relationship between self-regulation and social intelligence, as well as the possibility of predicting social intelligence through self-regulation. A…

This study focused on the levels of intercultural sensitivity and emotional intelligence demonstrated by pre-service Social Studies teachers' and sought to explore the relationship between the two variables. The study used a correlational survey research design. The sample consisted of 274 pre-service Social Studies teachers who were in different…

As the volume of research on intercultural adaptation of international students (IAIS) increases significantly over the past decades, a systematic review of the diverse literature on a global scale and its development process becomes essential. This study conducted a thorough bibliometric analysis for the knowledge domain of IAIS research using…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to investigate how leaders described their experiences with team collaboration, organizational knowledge creation, and organizational culture when using Artificial Intelligence in companies in the Western United States. Nonaka and Takeuchi's SECI Knowledge Spiral model was used to underpin this…

The present article aims to estimate the value of language learning through a quick review of the learning process and with a focus on "accumulated knowledge" and "the ability to learn." Following the opinions of researchers and linguists, we can also argue that the whole history of human culture--"of intelligence and…

Research regarding the association between emotional intelligence, leadership style and organizational culture has been inconclusive. The purpose of this study was to explore these relationships in elementary school settings. A non-experimental ex post facto research design was utilized to investigate four research hypotheses. Fifty-seven…

This study aimed to assess and compare the attachment issues including mothers' perception of desirable and undesirable characteristics, mothers' attributions to child behavior in attachment situations, and Mothers' Expectations regarding 'Maternal Responsiveness' among Iranian, Iraqi and Afghan mothers. To do so, 30 mothers were selected from…