Abstract
Emotionally intelligent supervision has emerged as a critical leadership attribute in contemporary educational organizations, yet its predictive influence on key relational and institutional outcomes remains underexplored in developing country contexts, particularly given the scarcity of Philippine-based structural models that directly test emotionally intelligent supervision as a predictor of both teacher trust and organizational effectiveness within a single framework. Anchored on Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence Theory, this study examined the predictive power of Emotionally Intelligent Supervision (EIS) on Teacher Trust (TT) and Organizational Effectiveness (OE) in public elementary schools in Zamboanga City, Philippines. A quantitative, correlational‑predictive design was employed, with data collected from 200 randomly selected teachers using validated survey instruments. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares–Structural Equation Modeling (PLS‑SEM) via WarpPLS. Results demonstrated excellent model fit and predictive quality (APC = 0.562, ARS = 0.665, GoF = 0.648). Structural path analysis revealed that EIS significantly predicts TT and OE (p < 0.001), while TT also exerts a significant positive effect on OE. The model explained a substantial proportion of variance in both teacher trust and organizational effectiveness, confirming the central role of emotionally intelligent supervisory practices in fostering trust‑based relationships and enhancing school performance. The findings underscore the strategic value of emotional intelligence in educational leadership and provide empirical support for integrating EI‑based competencies into supervisory standards and leadership development programs. In practical terms, the results suggest that school heads and division offices can strengthen teacher trust and overall school performance by explicitly incorporating emotional intelligence criteria, such as empathy, emotional regulation, and relational responsiveness, into supervisory training, performance evaluation, and leadership succession planning.