Epistemological approach to the impact of emotional intelligence in management practice

Abstract

Emotional intelligence has as its main approach, to educate the emotions of the human being in order to achieve adequate performance and personal and professional performance. In this way, emotional intelligence becomes an ideal tool to form positive and proactive values aimed at reaching higher stages of development and personal growth. This premise guides this research, focused on succinctly compiling those avant-garde currents around the epistemology of management and, specifically, the impact of emotional intelligence on managerial practice. The importance of the topic lies in the potential development of theoretical statements which help to understand the process of value formation as a human fact and, therefore, associated with organizational performance when making decisions in any type of company. The methodology was documentary-bibliographical in nature, focused on contextualizing the epistemology of the category under analysis from its main referents, the description of the associated theoretical constructs and the plot of interrelationships between emotional intelligence and managerial performance. The essay highlights the capital importance of knowing and applying the broad advantages of this operational strategy, given its potential to contribute to the development of a set of communicative, affective and cognitive attitudes and skills, which progressively have a positive impact when contextualizing. the importance of interpersonal relationships and highlight opportunities for personal growth in key situations during critical decision making.