Does CEO Emotional Intelligence Affect the Performance of the Company's Research and Development

Abstract

This paper, using qualitative and quantitative data, investigates how behavioral aspects of managers (measured by emotional intelligence) impact performance of innovative companies (measured by high investment in research and development). The results obtained clearly show, for these companies, there is a significant and positive relationship between CEO emotional intelligent and their financial, social and environmental performance.

Keywords

• R&D
• Emotional Intelligence
• Social performance
• Financial performance
• Environmental performance