Emotional intelligence of leaders: A profile of top executives

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-101

  Stein, Steven J ^a   Papadogiannis, Peter ^a   Yip, Jeremy A ^b   Sitarenios, Gill ^a  

^a Multi Health Systems   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Leadership; Performance management; Senior management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349334207     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730910927115     Document Type: Article

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