Developing Emotional Intelligence

By Christopher Watkin. 2000

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On Being Positive: Concerns and Counterpoints (2006, background): “In the workplace, it has been described as a basic competency for most jobs (Cherniss, 2001; Cherniss & Goleman, 2001) and as a capacity that outflanks IQ in predicting outstanding performance (Goleman, 1966; Watkin, 2000).”
Assessing Emotional Intelligence (2009, background): “Watkin (2000) asserts that EI, not IQ, is the best predictor of superior performance, superior leadership, and the key to emotionally intelligent organizations; yet he fails to supply rigorous definitions or empirical data to back up these assertions.”
Is there a validity increment for tests of emotional intelligence in explaining the variance of performance criteria (2006, background): “Regarding EI as an ability that is said to predict professional success and success in life better than intelligence (Cooper & Sawaf, 1997; Goleman, 1995, 1998; Watkin, 2000), EI should be especially predictive of those criteria.”
Examining the relationship between leadership and emotional intelligence in senior level managers (2002, background): “gaining momentum in I/O psychology (Goleman, 1995, 1998a,b, 2000; Palmer et al., 2001; George, 2000; Barling et al., 2000; Sosick and Megerian, 1999; Watkin, 2000; Dulewicz, 2000; Miller, 1999).”