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European Journal of Open Education and E-learning Studies ISSN: 2501-9120 ISSN-L: 2501-9120 Available on-line at: www.oapub.org/edu Volume 2 │ Issue 1 │ 2017 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.887402 EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE OF THE PRINCIPALS OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION: A CORRELATION STUDY G. Chitra1, N. Balasubramanian2 Principal, Shivaparvathi Mandradiar College of Education, 1 Palayakottai, Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu, India Former Professor and Head, Dept. of Education, 2 Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India Abstract: Descriptive Survey Method has been adopted for the conduct of the study. Emotional Competency Inventory for Teachers (Balasubramanian and Abilash Babu, 2009) has been used to collect the required data from the sample chosen. The inventory contains 20 positive items and 5 negative items. The number of items selected for the inventory falling under four major dimensions viz. Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness and Relationship Management. In line with the Stratified Random Sampling Technique, 50 Principals of Colleges of Education from three districts of Tamilnadu state have been chosen for the study. Descriptive, differential and correlation analysis have been undertaken for data analysis adopting appropriate statistical techniques. It is found that there is significant difference at 0.05 level between the means of the scores of the Principals of the Colleges categorized based on their marital status with regard to their scores on Self Awareness, as one of the components of Emotional Competence. The mean value of the unmarried Principals has been found to be greater than that of married Principals. Hence, it is concluded that the unmarried principals possess more of Self-Awareness when compared to their married counter parts. It is also found that there is no significant difference between the means of the Principals of Colleges of Education on the scores of the most of the dimension of emotional competence of the principals irrespective of their sex and marital status as well as the locality and type of the institution. It is also found that there is significant and positive correlation at 0.01 level among different components of Emotional Competence viz. Self-Awareness and Self-Management & Relationship-Management, Self-Management and Social Awareness & Relationship-Management, Social Awareness and Self-Management & Copyright © The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. © 2015 – 2017 Open Access Publishing Group 129 G. Chitra, N. Balasubramanian EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE OF THE PRINCIPALS OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION: A CORRELATION STUDY Relationship-Management. However, there is no significant relationship between SelfAwareness and Social Awareness, Social Awareness and Relationship Management. Keywords: emotional competence, self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship management 1. Introduction A learned capability based on emotional intelligence that results in outstanding performance at work. Our emotional intelligence determines our potential for learning the practical skills based on the five elements: self-awareness, motivation, self-regulation, empathy, and adeptness in relationships. Our emotional competence shows how much of that potential we have translated into on-the-job capabilities.” (Goleman, 97 ). Richard ”oyatzis says the twenty competence are emotional self-awareness, accurate self- assessment, self- confidence, emotional self-control, trustworthiness, adaptability, achievement orientation, initiative, conscientiousness, empathy, organizational awareness, service orientation, developing others, inspirational leadership, change catalyst, influence, conflict management, team work and collaboration, communication and building bonds. This paper aims at finding out the inter-correlation among the different dimensions of Emotional Competence and how they differ among themselves in terms of certain variables viz. sex and marital status of the Principals of the Colleges of Education and the locality and type of institutions. For downloading the full article, please access the following link: https://oapub.org/edu/index.php/ejoe/article/view/1021 European Journal of Open Education and E-learning Studies - Volume 2 │ Issue 1 │ 2017 130