Social Intelligence, Intellectual Humility, and Leadership Skills in Student Political Group Members

This correlational study aims to investigate the relationship between social intelligence, intellectual humility, and leadership skills in student political group members. It determines how social intelligence and intellectual humility will predict the leadership skills of student political group members. A sample of 140 members of students’ political groups at Punjab University, Lahore, 82 male students (58.6%) and 58 female students (41.4%) are recruited by non-probability sampling technique. A comparable sample of members of student political groups with Pashtoon Education Development Movement (n = 36; 25.7%), Punjab Council (n = 24; 17.1%), Baloch Council (n = 40; 28.6%), Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (n = 28; 20.0%) and Punjab University Students Federation (n = 12; 8.6%), is examined. Tromso Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS) by Silvera et al. (2001), the Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale (CIHS; Krumrei-Mancuso & Rouse, 2015) and the Leadership Skills Questionnaire (LSQ) by Northouse (2007) are used to assess research variables. Findings show that social intelligence and intellectual humility have a significant positive correlation with leadership skills in student political group members. Social intelligence, intellectual humility, and residential areas are significant predictors of leadership skills. No gender differences were found in social intelligence, intellectual humility, and leadership skills in student political group members. Results of one-way ANOVA show that interpersonal skills have significant differences between the student political groups. This study underscores the importance of discussing leadership skills in universities and addressing the consequences of students lacking these skills in Pakistan's diverse community.