Special Issue Call for Papers
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
Deadline: October 1, 2009
Theme: "On being emotionally intelligent: exploring the tension between organisational interests and individual benefits through the lens of leadership roles." 
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International Conference on Social Intelligence (ICSI)
July 15-18, 2009, Cancun, Mexico
The Center for Applied Social Intelligence is a professional forum for the advancement of studies in management theory and practice.
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The 2nd International Emotional Intelligence Congress
September 16-18, 2009, Santander, Spain
The main aims of the event are to: 1) review existing EI conceptual models; 2) analyze the latest advances in the field; and 3) demonstrate the impact of EI in health, education and organizations.
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The Business Case for EI
The following 19 points build a case for how emotional intelligence contributes to the bottom line in any work organization. Based on data from a variety of sources, it can be a valuable tool for HR practitioners and managers who need to make the case in their own organizations. The Consortium also invites submissions of other research for the Business Case. All submissions will be reviewed to determine their suitability.
Guidelines for Best Practice
These guidelines are based on an exhaustive review of the research literature in training and development, counseling and psychotherapy, and behavior change. The guidelines are additive and synergistic; to be effective, social and emotional learning experiences need not adhere to all of these guidelines, but the chances for success increase with each one that is followed.
Featured Book
Emmerling, R. J., Shanwal, V. K., & Mandal, M. K. (Eds.) (2008). Emotional intelligence: Theoretical and cultural perspectives. Nova Science Publishers.
This book is designed to meet the growing need among researchers, graduate students, and professionals to look into the existing theoretical models as well as developing theories related to emotional intelligence. The primary aim of the book is to help readers get a view of current conceptualizations of emotional intelligence, while providing an opportunity to see how emotional intelligence has been interpreted and applied throughout the world. Psychological processes are expected to vary according to cultural meaning and practices. Recent studies indicate that emotional intelligence influences behavior in a wide range of domains including school, community, and the workplace. At the individual level, it has been said to relate to academic achievement, work performance, our ability to communicate effectively, solve everyday problems, build meaningful interpersonal relationships, and even our ability to make moral decisions. Given that EI has the potential to increase our understanding of how individuals behave and adapt to their social environment, it is an important topic for study.
Research Digest
This section of the EI Consortium web site is intended to keep you updated with the latest research findings. We will be summarizing the latest research in the area of emotional intelligence in the workplace by providing you with abstracts of the latest articles from the literature. Each month we will be highlighting a different area from the scholarly literature on emotional intelligence. If you want research updates sent to you automatically, just sign up for our monthly newsletter. |
Kirk, B.A., Schutte, N.S., & Hine, D.W. (2009). Development and preliminary validation of an emotional self-efficacy scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 45, 432-436.
Building on research in the areas of EI and self-efficacy (i.e., beliefs in one's capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to produce a given attainment), a measure of emotional self-efficacy was developed and validated. Two hundred and seven participants rated their self-efficacy for adaptive emotional functioning. High emotional self-efficacy was associated with greater EI, as measured by the MSCEIT, higher positive mood and lower negative mood. Emotional self-efficacy showed evidence of incremental predictive validity in that it remained associated with positive and negative mood after EI was controlled. Assessment of emotional self-efficacy may be useful in future studies that aim to better understand the process of adaptive emotional functioning and its impact on life outcomes.