Emotional intelligence is a topic of interest for both academia and industry. Claims have been made about the role and importance of emotional intelligence in personal and professional life. Most of the empirical evidences provided for these claims about emotional intelligence belong to the developed world. This study is an effort to provide an Indian perspective on the role of emotional intelligence in effective leadership and conflict resolution.

Emotional Intelligence has become a very popular topic of research in academia and corporate world in last two decades. Emotional Intelligence has been advocated as an important predictor of success in personal and professional life by researchers. Some researchers have raised questions about the validity of these claims made about the role of emotional intelligence in personal success and have highlighted the lack of adequate empirical evidences to support these claims. This study is an effort to extend the empirical base of research on emotional intelligence. The relationship of emotional...