Leading with Emotional Intelligence: Recognizing, Understanding, and Controlling Emotions in the Leadership Process

Alexander Pundt; Laura Venz

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-70444-8_36

Leading with Emotional Intelligence: Recognizing, Understanding, and Controlling Emotions in the Leadership Process

Alexander Pundt
, Laura Venz

Professorship of Work- and Organizational Psychology

MSB Medical School Berlin

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Abstract

The emotions of employees are significant for the success of organizations. Therefore, leaders have the task to recognize not only their own emotions but also the emotions that occur in the leadership process of their employees, to understand their origin and to manage and guide them into productive channels. The chapter presents fundamentals for understanding emotions and their regulation, discusses possibilities of influence by leaders, and derives starting points for concrete action. Finally, instruments are presented that can support leaders in the practice of emotion management.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Leadership : Applied Business Psychology for Managers
Editors	Jörg Felfe, Rolf van Dick
Number of pages	14
Place of Publication	Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Publication date	2025
Pages	597-610
ISBN (Print)	978-3-662-70443-1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-662-70444-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-70444-8_36
Publication status	Published - 2025

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Research areas and keywords

Psychology
Affective events
Emotion expression
Emotion management
Emotion regulation
Emotional intelligence
Emotions
Feelings
Transformational leadership

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Applied Psychology
General Psychology
General Economics,Econometrics and Finance
General Business,Management and Accounting
General Social Sciences

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Emotional intelligent führen – Emotionen im Führungsprozess erkennen, verstehen und steuern
Pundt, A. & Venz, L., 14.07.2023, Handbuch Mitarbeiterführung. Felfe, J. & van Dick, R. (eds.). 2 ed. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 12 p. (Springer Reference Psychologie).
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Handbook of Leadership: Applied Business Psychology for Managers. ed. / Jörg Felfe; Rolf van Dick. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2025. p. 597-610.

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