Emotional Intelligence Ability of Leaders As Strategic Decision Makers: An Empirical Study on the Turkish Military

This study aims to determine whether the difference between high-level strategic decision-making staff (group 2) that are major, lieutenant colonel and colonel and lower-level manager (group 1) in the turkish land forces according to age and educational background factors in terms of levels of emotional intelligence. emotional intelligence levels were measured on 213 ranked officers by the bar-on emotional intelligence survey. under the survey results, when the military rank increases, the level of total ei also raises. thus, a positive relationship between high-level strategic decision making military personnel and total ei is strengthened. similarly, military origin is observed to have an impact on the level of emotional intelligence as well. military academy graduates have lower levels of total emotional intelligence compared to officers with other origins.