Emotional Intelligence is the aptitude of an individual to be aware of their personal emotions and those of others surrounding them. Emotional intelligence is also referred to as Emotional Quotient (EQ). The knowledge of one’s emotional intelligence is important in that the information obtained from the knowledge can be used to influence thinking towards a given direction. It is also vital for it provides for the opportunity to be able to improve on one's behavior in order to adjust to an environmental or in order to achieve any set intentions.
Moreover, Emotional intelligence can define the performance of an individual academically, just as can be Intelligence Quotient since they are very closely linked. Emotions of an individual can affect the performance of individuals even at the workplace. Thus, it is key for an employer of a leader to ensure that they have the ability to discern the emotions of their employees or the emotions of other employees lower than them in the rank. This will not only ensure that the employees are given an ample work environment, but it will also ensure increment of profit to the company. This is due to the fact that these emotions originate from the mind and they can detrimental affect attitudes, credence, discernments, assessments and or criticisms.
A virtual team is a group of people who are enclosed in a certain geographical set up by the use of technology or have something that keeps them together in order to have...
It may include a group of employees or students and teachers in a learning institution. In a group, there exist methodologies that have been employed, which a group may apply in order to shape up their Emotional Intelligence. A virtual group can apply the members’ Emotional Intelligence in order for the group to attain its desired aims. The group's capability to come up with an acceptable code of conducts promotes mindfulness and control of emotions so that the group can reach its targeted goals. These acceptable codes of conduct within the group can be developed at three levels: discrete, set or general behavior.
These approaches guide the group in the decision-making process on various engagements to be undertaken by the members. As a result, the goals of the group is deliberately met. This is achievable since the presence of feelings among the group member would predict the present or a loom of a problem. With Emotional Intelligence, earlier and timely realization of the possibility of the existence of problem would mean that the possible problem is solved or attended to on time. Moreover, with emotional intelligence, it is possible for a given member of the group to control their feelings that are destructive to the group.
In order to understand the effect or impact of Emotional Intelligence within a virtual group, a study was carried out in a human resource agency which is aimed at improving the value of the common…
