Human is not merely the name of physical being; in fact, there are intangible characteristics that make humans stand out from the rest of the species. Emotions are such abstract characteristics of human beings. In an organizational setting, a person who is emotionally intelligent calms people they're working with down and being calm is ideal, right?
in fact the occupational psychologists do prioritizes the Emotional Quotient (EQ) over Cognitive Quotient (IQ). Academic excellence can be acquired while in academic environment, whereas emotional excellence can only be attained indirectly from the environment where you are working are breathing... which gives you bread and butter under diversified umbrella
My research group showed that while emotional intelligence (ability EI more than trait EI) was important for academic success, it didn't come close to how much cognitive ability predicted outcome. Cognitive ability was by far the most important predictor of academic success, but ability EI was important (to a lesser extent ) because it worked with cognitive ability to predict academic success: Having high EI skills was important for youth low on cognitive ability who performed better than youth who had low ability and low EI. You can see the paper on my researchgate page or here http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1041608011001579.
Of course, while cognitive ability might be important for academic success, it may not be as important to successful social relation (although, a certain level is needed for Theory of Mind). I don't know of any studies that have looked at both cognitive ability and EI as predictors of social success.
While cognitive ability is important ei is equally as important. High ei allows us to build positive rapport and relationships with others.
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