Emotional Intelligence as an Important Asset for HR in Organizations: Leaders and Employees

Authors

  • Athanasios Drigas Net Media Lab, Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”
  • Chara Papoutsi Net Media Lab, Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijac.v12i1.9637

Keywords:

Human Resources, Emotional Intelligence, Organizations, Leadership, Employees, Team, Performance, Effectiveness

Abstract


Emotional intelligence (EI) is related to emotions and emotional information. It has attracted great attention among researchers and Human Resource (HR) practitioners because of its contribution towards leaders and employees and its key role for the organizational effectiveness and excellence. Here, I describe the models of EI and review the findings about the association between EI, leaders and employees to point out the positive correlations. I conclude by signalizing thoughts for future research on the role of EI in organizations.

Author Biographies

Athanasios Drigas, Net Media Lab, Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”

Athanasios Drigas is a Research Director at IIT-N.C.S.R. Demokritos. He is the Coordinator of Telecoms Lab and founder of Net Media Lab since 1996. From 1990 to 1999 he was the Operational manager of the Greek Academic network. He has been the Coordinator of Several International Projects, in the fields of ICTs, and eservices (e-learning, e-psychology, e-government, e-inclusion, e-culture etc). He has published more than 300 articles, 7 books, 25 educational CD-ROMs and several patents. He has been a member of several International committees for the design and coordination of Network and ICT activities and of international conferences and journals. Also he has accepted several distinctions for his work (articles, projects, patents).

Chara Papoutsi, Net Media Lab, Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”

Chara Papoutsi is a PhD Candidate in Information and Communication Systems Engineering at the University of the Aegean in Samos, Greece. She holds a Master degree in Applied Pedagogy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is a teacher in a primary school. She has publications on empathy and emotional intelligence and she is also with NCSR DEMOKRITOS, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Net Media Lab, Athens, Greece.

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Published

2019-04-17

How to Cite

Drigas, A., & Papoutsi, C. (2019). Emotional Intelligence as an Important Asset for HR in Organizations: Leaders and Employees. International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC), 12(1), pp. 58–66. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijac.v12i1.9637

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Papers