A critical evaluation of the emotional intelligence construct

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 539-561

  Ciarrochi, Joseph V ^a   Chan, Amy Y C ^a   Caputi, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotion; Emotional intelligence; IQ; Judgment; Life satisfaction; Mood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034148589     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00119-1     Document Type: Article

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