The impact of social and emotional competencies on effectiveness of Spanish executives

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 771-793

  Ramo, Laura Guillén ^a   Saris, Willem E ^b   Boyatzis, Richard E ^c  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competences; Emotional intelligence; Performance management; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350312507     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710910987656     Document Type: Article

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