Emotional Intelligence Skills Health Leaders Need During Covid-19

Overview

Problem The study will address the problem that no studies have established the Emotional Intelligence (EI) skills required by leaders and managers to engage frontline healthcare professionals in crisis situation like Covid19 in Kenya Purpose The purpose of the qualitative exploratory study is to identify the EI skills Leaders and managers need to engage Frontline Healthcare Professionals in Crisis. The Research Question is: What are the EI skills leaders and managers need to engage frontline healthcare professionals (FHP) during crisis situations such as the Covid19 pandemic?

Hypothesis The Study hypothesis that Leaders and managers with appropriate emotional intelligence skills will engage frontline healthcare professionals in crisis situations resulting in desired outcomes Data Collection The data collection will start with a primer survey on surveymonkey.com, behavioral and cognitive assessments through The Predictive Index, emotional intelligence competence assessments through emco4.com, followed by semi-structured face to face or virtual interviews with the participants. The Survey data, Assessments and the transcribed semi-structured interviews will be depersonalized and made available for subsequent researchers. The Videos if any will be destroyed three years after transcription. Participants The 20 Participants will be selected from the population. The Study population is the number of experienced frontline healthcare professionals working in Busia County of Kenya. The County Department of Health will help in recruiting participants from doctors, nurses, and other frontline healthcare professionals. Data Analysis The Data will be analyzed using DiscoverText.com cloud-based platform applying two rounds of coding: first in Vivo coding will be applied then prior codes will be enforced. The Vivo codes will be in the participant's word and voice. Eight priori codes will be adopted from EI literature. Societal Benefits Society needs healthcare professionals to deal with crisis situations that place them in imperilment. The leaders have constraints of resources, time and advanced knowledge. This study seeks to seek out EI skills that will enable leaders to engage healthcare professionals while recognizing the humanity in them.