Gaur, S. P. (2006). Achieving inter-gender communication effectiveness in organizations. VISION, The Journal of Business Perspective, 10(2), 11-19.

This article presents the result of three related empirical studies conducted by the author to elucidate the difficulties behind effective inter-gender communication in organizations. A bias exists against forms of communication involving methods such as supportiveness, attentiveness and collaboration. Yet these emotionally intelligent and more traditionally feminine ways of communicating are perceived to enhance morale and productivity in work settings. This paper presents a model to understand the manifestation of gender stereotypes on inter- gender communication in organizations and the impact of these manifestations on organizational effectiveness.

Petrides, K. V. & Furnham, A. (2006). The role of trait emotional intelligence in a gender-specific model of organizational variables. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36(2), 552-569.

This article investigated the relationships between trait EI and four work environment variables including perceived job control, job stress, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Increased perceived job control indicated lower job stress and higher job satisfaction. Decreased job stress was related to higher organizational commitment. Many gender differences were found in the model. For example, age was negatively related to control and commitment in the female sample. Trait EI had specific, rather than widespread, effects in the model. The discussion focuses on implications in the workplace.

Asia-Pacific Symposium on Emotions in Worklife (November 24, 2006, Melbourne, Australia)

This event, to be held at Monash University, will be a day-long, semi-formal meeting of scholars interested in the study of emotions in work settings. The symposium will include a limited number of paper presentation sessions, however the focus will be on poster presentations and roundtable discussion. The program will also feature a keynote address and a panel discussion. Please see the website for more details.

Call for Papers - EURAM Conference Track on Positive Organizational Studies and Organizational Energy (May 16-19, 2007, Paris, France)

This track at the European Academy of Management 2007 Conference seeks to bring together the best possible worldwide representation of current organizational research on Positive Organizational Studies and the Organizational Energy. It aims at fostering exchange of theoretical ideas, empirical findings and particular practitioner insights that might be conducive to understanding the dynamics of the topic to date.

Papers must be written in English and will be submitted to a double blind review process (only full papers with up to 7.000 words will be accepted, not abstracts). The submission deadline is November 30, 2007. Authors should prepare the papers in accordance with the submission guidelines available at the conference website. Please do not hesitate to contact the track coordinator Stephan Kaiser for further information.

Leadership Symposium 2006 (October 30 & 31, 2006, Stowe, VT)

Working Mastery, Inc. in partnership with Norwich University invite you to the Leadership Symposium 2006 to discover coaching as a means of cultivating excellence in others. Featured speakers include Daniel Goleman, John C. Maxwell, and Diane Ravenscroft. Please see their website for details.

17 research reports are available for download free of charge on the EI Consortium's website. These reports support the Consortium's mission to aid the advancement of research and practice related to EI in organizations.

We currently have 5 organizational members who have been part of the Consortium for many years. We would be delighted to have 1 or 2 more organizations join us. Organizational members partner with the Consortium for the purpose of applied research related to EI in the workplace.