NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Emotional intelligance in small unit’s leadership
- 1 “Vasil Levski” National Military University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Abstract
Emotional Intelligence is a concept that dates back to the last decade of the 20th century when it started gaining momentum. Today its theories and practices are widely accepted and are applied by thousands of managers across the World. If we assume that business managers and military leaders and commanders often have similar problems in their field of work concerning subordinates then we need to look into the possibility of military leaders applying Emotional Intelligence as their civilian counterparts do
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