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ON WHY “EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE” WILL NOT PREDICT LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS BEYOND IQ OR THE “BIG FIVE”: AN EXTENSION AND REJOINDER

Antonakis, John·2004·Organizational Analysis
DOI 10.1108/eb028991
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Emotional intelligence (EI) has been embraced by many practitioners and academicians without clear empirical support for the construct. In this rejoinder and extension of an earlier comment, I highlight the importance of using methodologically defensible scientific criteria for conducting or evaluating research. I review literature demonstrating that EI models are beset with problems concerning their validity and show that support for the EI construct may be based more on tangential speculation than on empirical findings. Although I find some common positions with EI researchers such as Prati et al., I underline contradictions and inconsistencies which may cast doubt on the necessity of EI for understanding and predicting leadership effectiveness.

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  • No well-designed study using the listed psychometric validation steps has shown that EI predicts leadership to a practically useful extent.

    “I did not find even one study that was well designed (i.e., used the above steps for psychometric validation) and showed that EI predicts leadership to a practically-useful extent.”

    From Does leadership need emotional intelligence? (2009) · cites this paper as Antonakis (2004)

  • Learning about condition-action scripts depends on one's general ability to learn.

    “learning about condition-action scripts depends on one's general ability to learn (Antonakis, 2004).”

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Authors
Antonakis, J.
Affiliations
University of Lausanne (CH)
Corresponding author
Antonakis, John
ORCID
Antonakis, John
Venue
Organizational Analysis
Publisher
Emerald
Published
2004-02-01
Volume
12
Issue
2
Pages
171-182
ISSN
1551-7470 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1108/eb028991
OpenAlex
W2077696737
Cited by
130
References
57
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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Locations
  • Organizational Analysis (publishedVersion)
  • IRIS (submittedVersion)
  • SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotional Intelligence and Performance
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Ego Development and Educational Practices
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
emotional intelligence, leadership effectiveness, construct validity, Big Five personality traits, IQ, research methodology

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