Emotions and Leadership: The Role of Emotional Intelligence

Abstract

The concept of emotional intelligence (EI) has emerged as a prominent research stream in leadership field. Emotional intelligence is all about understanding and exploiting one's own and other's emotions for personal and professional growth. Emotionally intelligent leaders can be thought of as core competence of an organization as it is linked with the productivity of the followers. This paper suggests that feelings (emotions) play a central role in the leadership process. The objective of this paper is to throw light on emotional intelligence and its effect on leaders' effectiveness which is imperative for the growth and success of the organization.  As this area of study is   overwhelmed with numerous theories and researches, this paper is a descriptive research entirely based on secondary data. In this paper, the role of emotional intelligence on leadership effectiveness is studied based on secondary data.