Emotional Intelligence and Theatre Arts Participation Many of these early studies were concerned with

describing, defining, and evaluating socially competent behavior (Chapin, 1942; Doll, 1935; Greenery
and Chase, 1927; Moss and co., Thorndike, 1920; 1927). This was then trailed by concentrates on
because of non-scholarly variables on canny way of behaving, by D Wechsler (as refered to in Bar-On,
2006) and the idea of various insights as advanced by Howard Gardner in 1983 (Smith M.K., 2002). The
study of emotional intelligence has grown in recent years. According to the Consortium for Research on
Emotional Intelligence in Organizations (http://www.eiconsortium.org/about_us.htm), research covers a
wide range of topics, including the connection between emotional intelligence and social competencies,
the workplace, and a healthy and productive life. According to Palmer, Walls, Burgess, and Stough's
Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 2001, emotional intelligence has gained popularity
as a tool for developing effective leadership skills and as a measure for identifying potential effective
leaders. Emotional intelligence was found to be correlated with several transformational leadership
components in the aforementioned study, indicating that it may be an essential component of effective
leadership.