The Influence of Emotional intelligence, Leadership Behaviour and Organizational Commitment on Organizational Readiness for Change in Higher Learning Institution

This paper intends to examine the relationships of emotional intelligence, organizational commitment, and leadership behaviour in influencing organizational readiness for change. A total of 169 academic staff of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) participated in this study. They were selected based on stage and cluster sampling from the main and branch campuses through at Malaysia. The findings revealed that 44.1% of the variance in readiness for change is explained by emotional intelligence, organizational commitment and transactional leadership behaviour. The practical implications of these findings are discussed in relation to readiness for change context. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Dr. Zafer Bekirogullari.