Handbook for Developing Emotional and Social Intelligence: Best Practices, Case Studies, and Strategies

14.1. INTRODUCTION

Regardless of the EQ model followed or assessment tool used, emotional intelligence (EI) encompasses a social element that has again come under the spotlight. While definitions of emotional intelligence vary, each is sure to mention the relationship with "others." Half of Daniel Goleman, Hay/McBer, and Richard Boyatzis' ECI scales are devoted to social awareness and social relationship management. Jack Mayer, Peter Salovey, and David Caruso address social management in their MSCEIT®, while Reuven Bar-On emphasizes this aspect in the EQ-i® under a composite scale called the interpersonal domain.

Reuven Bar-On has expanded his earlier thinking on EI to now speak of emotional-social intelligence (Bar-On, 2007). By comparison, ...