Alyammahi Fatmah Saeed Mohamed Ahmed and Mohd Asri Bin Mohd Noor
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia

MLA 8
Ahmed, Alyammahi Fatmah Saeed Mohamed, and Mohd Asri Bin Mohd Noor. "A Framework for the Impact of Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence and Employee Motivation on Job Satisfaction: A Study of the UAE Ministry of Interior." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 10, no. 9, Sept. 2025, pp. 4157-4173, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i09.031. Accessed Sept. 2025.
APA 6
Ahmed, A., & Noor, M. (2025, September). A Framework for the Impact of Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence and Employee Motivation on Job Satisfaction: A Study of the UAE Ministry of Interior. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 10(9), 4157-4173. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i09.031
Chicago
Ahmed, Alyammahi Fatmah Saeed Mohamed, and Mohd Asri Bin Mohd Noor. "A Framework for the Impact of Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence and Employee Motivation on Job Satisfaction: A Study of the UAE Ministry of Interior." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 10, no. 9 (September 2025), 4157-4173. Accessed September, 2025. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i09.031.

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