High and Low Levels of Emotional Intelligence and Perfectionism: In a Leadership Position.

Emotional Intelligence (EQ/EI): ability to perceive, appraise and express one’s emotions fully and completely with specific details, the ability to receive the feelings that are expressed through one’s cognitive abilities; the ability to comprehend affect- laden information used in emotional knowledge; and the ability to control emotions (Salovey et al., 2000).

Perfectionism: high personal standards an individual expresses plus the tendency to overly criticize oneself when faced with failure to meet high personal standards that were set (Juster, et al., 1996).

Leadership: high personal standards an individual expresses plus the tendency to overly criticize oneself when faced with failure to meet high personal standards that were set (Juster, et al., 1996).

Article #1:

Goleman, Boyatzis, McKee “Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. 2002

Summary: Unveiling neuroscientific links between organizational success or failure and primal leadership, and how the leader is emotionally in control of the group.

Article #2:

Schutte, Malouff, Bobik, Coston, Greenson, Jedlicka, Rodes, Wendorf (2001). Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal Relations. The Journal of Social Psychology, 141, 523-536.

Summary: Correlation between emotional intelligence and cooperation, and relations to others.

Article # 3:

Hillyer, K. (1988). Problems of gifted children. Journal of the Association for the Study of Perception, 21 (1-2), 10-26.

Summary: Perfectionist tendencies lead to unsure feelings toward competing with others, fear of not being successful.

Article # 4:

Juster, Heimber, Frost, Holt, Mattia, Faccenda (1996). Social Phobia and Perfectionism. Personality and Individual Differences, 21, 403-410.

Summary: Perfectionist personality and the personal criticism when faced with failure.

Design: 2X2

Comparing the high/ low levels of EQ/EI to the high low levels of Perfectionism in a leadership scenario.

Emotional Intelligence: high and low emotional intelligence level, measured by MSCEIT (Mater, Salovey, and Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test). (Designed by: Mayer, Caruso, and Salovey, 1998).

Perfectionism: High and low levels of perfectionism, measured by the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scales (MPS).

Leadership situation: Each level of EQ and Perfectionism finish leadership scenario. Graded on completion, accuracy, time, and leadership qualifications.

Perfectionism

High Low

High HH H L

EQ Low LH L L

HH 90	HL 20
LH 70	LL 10