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Mapping Research Trends on Emotional Intelligence and Leadership: A Bibliometric Analysis

Joshua Michael H. Balitustus | Norielle L. Sarmiento | Abegail U. Tayam | Jennifer P. Solis

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study investigates emotional intelligence with respect to lead-ership research by analyzing 1881 Scopus-indexed relevant docu-ments from between 1952 and 2024. Through bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer and the Bibliometrix package in R, the mapping has been analyzed for publication trends, leading authors, influen-tial journals, conceptual themes, and global collaboration networks. The results reveal scholarly activity moving slowly at first but then accelerating significantly starting in 2010, which coincides with the growing recognition of emotional intelligence as an important fac-tor in effective leadership and high organizational performance. Some notable authors are Boyatzis, Stoller, and Humphrey whose works are tending to be referred to for continuing to shape research development. The analysis of themes denotes two major areas: (1) Individual emotional skill, psychological dimension, and personality trait-centered research and (2) studies on the use of emotional in-telligence in leadership, teamwork, interaction, and organizational management in workplaces. Integration of Emotional Intelligence theory with leadership practice is still limited despite a good num-ber of publications, as much output is concentrated in management and healthcare, with many other industries missing out. Moreover, collaboration patterns indicate strong inputs from Western coun-tries while developing regions remain less visible. These results im-ply that, despite the further development of the area, there are con-siderable gaps in the research, especially regarding the integration of emotional intelligence and online leadership situations, manage-ment teams, and artificial-intelligence-based organizational frame-works, and in the cross-cultural and underrepresented regional contexts. This bibliometric analysis will give an overall systematic view of the field while revealing some potential future directions for continued inquiry.