


We first provide an overview of the different conceptualizations of EI.

In this paper we seek to provide guidance to researchers and practitioners seeking to utilize EI in their work. Although there is some clarity within the EI field regarding the types of EI and their respective measures, those external to the field are faced with a seemingly complex EI literature, overlapping terminology, and multiple published measures. Currently more than 30 different widely-used measures of EI have been developed. However, over the past 3 decades two further, conceptually distinct forms of EI have emerged (often termed “trait EI” and “mixed model EI”) along with a large number of psychometric tools designed to measure these forms. Emotional Intelligence (EI) emerged in the 1990s as an ability based construct analogous to general Intelligence.
