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The study of emotional intelligence has emerged from two disciplines psychol ogy and sociology Each area has evaluated the concept of emotional intelligence from a multitude of perspectives Emotional intelligence has its roots and has been developed within the psychological discipline although there has been several of interest within fifteen years in the area of emotional intelligence Because researchers have evaluated emotional intelligence from various perspectives two different views of this phenome non are emerging The first perspective is called “mixed model” and is commonly asso ciated with Goleman This model is broader well known and more inclusive description of emotional intelligence The second perspective is referred to as an “ability model” which is a more restrictive description of emotional intelligence and is associated with Salovey and Mayer The idea that emotional intelligence has positive effect on both individual life and work place has attracted academician researcher managers and all that has an interest in this phenomenon The main purpose of this study is to try to ex plain the concept of emotional intelligence its historical development and two main models emerged from this concept Besides the importance of emotional intelligence in organizations is discussed Key Words: Emotional Intelligence Leadership Effectiveness

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