Leadership and Emotional Intelligence

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Introduction

The purpose of this phenomenological study is to understand the development of
emotional intelligence (EI) within effective United States Federal government (hereafter,
“Federal government”) leaders. This study is at the individual level of analysis. As such,
unless noted otherwise, development will be described in the context of individual
leaders. The level of analysis distinction is central to the study’s framework and resultant
methodology. The conceptual framework is shown in Figure 2.1, below:
Figure 2. 1

2.1 Conceptual Framework

Federal Government Leaders

Situated Learning

Adult

Learning

Experiential

Learning

Situated

Learning

(Personal) Leadership

Leader

Development

Emotional

Intelligence

effective Federal Government What are the experiences of

leaders in developing their emotional intelligence?

The literature review was conducted to explore the constructs shown above as
well as to identify any scholarly associations between them, particularly as regards EI,