Emotional Intelligence: Consensus, Controversies, and Questions

Gerald Matthews; Moshe Zeidner; Richard D. Roberts

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195181890.003.0001

Emotional Intelligence: Consensus, Controversies, and Questions

Gerald Matthews, Moshe Zeidner, Richard D. Roberts

Department of Counseling and Human Development

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Abstract

This chapter reviews current research investigating emotional intelligence, identifying key difficulties in current conceptualization, assessment, and application. It highlights the principal controversies in the field at present that differentiate some of the main perspectives on this construct. The chapter also introduces the key questions posed to each of the contributors. It discusses assertions that may be made with some degree of confidence; what are essentially sources of consensus concerning theories, models, and definitions of emotional intelligence. The chapter also discusses sources of controversy; those things for which there is less agreement regarding the theoretical status, conceptual underpinnings, and models of emotional intelligence.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Science of Emotional Intelligence
Subtitle of host publication	Knowns and Unknowns
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199847860
ISBN (Print)	9780195181890
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195181890.003.0001
State	Published - 22 Mar 2012

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Keywords

Conceptualization
Controversy
Emotional intelligence

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General Psychology

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