This article introduces emotional aperture, defined as the ability to recognize patterns of specific collective emotions. We show how emotional aperture can help leaders recognize and deal with diverse collective emotions that arise during strategic renewal and other emotionally turbulent...

Researchers have undertaken many approaches to conceptualizing and assessing EI. Some approaches combine self-reported EI with broader personality constructs. Other approaches are based on so-called ability measures of EI, whether as tendencies people can self-report ( Tett, Fox, & Wang, 2005 )...