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Social and personal competencies, such as self-awareness, optimism, and empathy, have been shown to enhance both satisfaction and productivity at work. Collectively, these competencies have been termed ‘Emotional Intelligence’ (EI) and have been shown to differentiate leading managers from less able performers. There have, however, been relatively few empirical studies on EI conducted within the construction sector context and so little is known of how emotionally intelligent those choosing construction careers have the propensity to be, or how their EI can be enhanced. This paper reports on the findings of research which explored construction management MSc students’ EI and the effect of their programme’s content on their EI development. A standard EI measurement tool (SEI) was used to assess EI levels before and after specific modules. Follow-up interviews with students established how EI-enhancing interventions could be better integrated into the curriculum. The results revealed that the curren... |
