The Effects of Emotional Intelligence and Work Stress on Teaching Effectiveness among Malaysian Community College Lecturers: The Moderating Role of Work Experience

ABSTRACT : Teaching effectiveness is an important determinant of educational quality, particularly within Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), where lecturers are required to integrate theoretical knowledge, practical skills, technological competencies and interpersonal capabilities. This study examines the effects of emotional intelligence and work stress on teaching effectiveness among lecturers in Malaysian Community Colleges, while investigating whether work experience moderates these relationships. The study adopts a quantitative, descriptive-correlational and cross-sectional research design. The unit of analysis is individual lecturers in Malaysian Community Colleges. Data are intended to be collected using a structured fivepoint Likert-scale questionnaire covering emotional intelligence, work stress, teaching effectiveness and work experience. Data analysis is designed to involve descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, pooled-CFA and structural equation modeling. Multi-group structural equation modeling is proposed to examine the moderating role of work experience. The conceptual model proposes that emotional intelligence has a positive relationship with teaching effectiveness, whereas work stress has a negative relationship with teaching effectiveness. Work experience is expected to strengthen the positive relationship between emotional intelligence and teaching effectiveness and weaken the negative relationship between work stress and teaching effectiveness. The study contributes to the literature by integrating psychological resources, job demands and professional experience within the specific context of Malaysian Community Colleges.

KEYWORDS : emotional intelligence, work stress, teaching effectiveness, work experience, lecturers, Community College, TVET, Malaysia