Emotional intelligence: A review of the literature with specific focus on empirical and epistemological perspectives

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1405-1416

  Akerjordet, Kristin ^a   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Empirical research; Methods; Nurses; Nursing; Philosophical; Reviews

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANISM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE; LOGIC; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AWARENESS; COGNITION; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMOTIONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANISM; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; LOGIC; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSES; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 34547415575     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01749.x     Document Type: Article

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