Empowering women emotionally through better emotional intelligence

Pages: 93-98
Nayanika Singh1 and Gurnoor Kaur Suri2 (Department of Psychology, Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Sector 26, Chandigarh, Govt. of Punjab, Punjab1 and Department of Psychology Student, Sanskriti School, New Delhi2)

The concept of emotional intelligence primarily propagated and popularised by Goleman (1995) in Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, and invented by Mayer and Salovey, can be profoundly utilised to bridge the hindering gap between competent women leaders and the showcase of professionalism on the business front. Disassociating the stereotypically conceived notion of women being unfit for top management and leadership positions due to their emotional outlook, the present paper aims to highlight the path of empowering women by equipping them with emotional intelligence, reaping enormous business profit from their emotional appeal.