To summarize these themes and observations, Figure 2.4, using Wordle
technology, amalgamates EI attributes contained in the far right column of Table 2.1,
above.
Figure 2. 4
2.4 EI Attribute Themes
Given the study’s purpose, it is important to observe that EI definitions have also
surfaced in hallmark leadership and management literature, as illustrated in Table 2.2,
below:
Table 2. 2
2.2 EI Definitions in Leadership and Management Literature
Source EI Definition
Northouse (2007) “Ability to understand emotions and apply this understanding to
life’s tasks” (p. 23)
Whetten & Cameron (2010) “Encompass[es] almost everything that is noncognitive including social, emotional, behavioral, attitudinal, and –
personality factors” (p. 62)
Yukl (2010) “The extent to which a person is attuned to his or her own feelings
and to the feelings of others and is able to integrate emotions and