There are some papers that seem to suggest that emotional intelligence affects professional excellence. The question is what is meant by emotional intelligence. Several different concepts and measures are available. EI is a very catchy term. We prefer to speak of emotional competence.
Emotional intelligence (EI) is a concept that could mean anything. It correlates with self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is a component in PsyCap where a person is equipped with four positive attributes: HERO: hope, (self-) efficacy, resilience and optimism. EI could mean that you are good at manipulate people, which means that you probably are personality disordered. Our EI paper is under review but our self-efficacy paper is published:
There are some papers that seem to suggest that emotional intelligence affects professional excellence. The question is what is meant by emotional intelligence. Several different concepts and measures are available. EI is a very catchy term. We prefer to speak of emotional competence.