Psychological Factors of Emotional Intelligence Forming
In this article emotional intelligence is reviewed as a complex personal construct. Different approaches to emotional intelligence research are reviewed. In this article the emotional intelligence development is shown as a requirement for social success of a person and the need of its development is proved. Correlations between emotional intelligence and leadership are examined. Psychological factors of the emotional intelligence forming are described. Correlations between emotional intelligence and different personal characteristics are reviewed. The description of emotional intelligence as a system-functional characteristic of a person is specified. Empirical researches of gender characteristics are illustrated by the example of executives.