The Role of Emotional Intelligence on Entrepreneurs’ Perception of Success

摘要: This study contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by introducing emotional intelligence as an additional factor that explains how entrepreneurs perceive their own success. Using survey data from 112 Dutch entrepreneurs, we find emotionally intelligent are more likely judge entrepreneurial success using following criteria: employee satisfaction, social responsibility, personal customer satisfaction and business performance. Furthermore, not all EI dimensions equally relevant explain phenomenon. We "regulation of emotion in others" seems be most important dimension, whereas "emotion less one.