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3 John Mayer & Peter Salovey (1997). What is emotional intelligence? In P. Salovey & Sluyter (Eds.) Emotional development and emotional intelligence: Impolications for education (pp. 3-31) New York: Basic. 4 In Descartes Error , neurologist Antonio Damsio describes that patients with brain damage in their emotional centers are unable to weigh choices and evaluate options. Emotion, it seems, tells people what is reasonable, credible, and desirable. Harper, 1995. 5 Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ . Bantam, 1995 6 Activity in the amygdala seems to be mitigated via interaction with an area of the brain that may be critical to “thinking through” self-regulation (right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex). This graph shows a strong relationship (r=-.51) between the cortex and amygdala as the subjects named emotions. Lieberman, Matthew D, Naomi I. Eisenberger, Molly J. Crockett, Sabrina M. Tom, Jennifer H. Pfeifer, Baldwin M. Way (2007) “Putting Feelings Into Words: Affect Labeling Disrupts Amygdala Activity in Response to Affective Stimuli” Psychological Science , Vol. 18, Issue 5, Page 421. 7 Peter Salovey, personal correspondence to Joshua Freedman, unpublished, 2003 8 Daniel Goleman, Working With Emotional Intelligence . New York: Bantam. 1998. 9 Gerald Mount, The role of emotional intelligence in developing international business capability: EI provides traction . In V. Druskat, F. Sala & G. Mount (Eds.), Linking Emotional Intelligence and Performance at Work (pp. 97-124). Mahwah, N.J.:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006 10 Stein, S.J., Papadogiannis, P., Yip, J.A., & Sitarenios, G. (2009). Emotional intelligence of leaders: A profile of top executives. Leadership and Organization Development Journal , 30(1), 87-101. 11 Harvard Business Review, “Breakthrough Ideas for Tomorrow's Business Agenda,” April 2003 12 P. Labarre (2001). Marcus Buckingham thinks your boss has an attitude problem. Retrieved September 16, 2008 from www.fastcompany.com 13 C Dulewicz , M Young, & V. Dulewicz, The relevance of emotional intelligence for leadership performance. Journal of General Management, 30 (3), 71-86, 2005 14 Clarke, N. (2010). Emotional intelligence and its relationship to transformational leadership and key project manager competences. Project Management Journal, 41(2), 5-20.

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