{
  "title": "Emotional Intelligence: An Overrated Predictor?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/intelligence-emotionnelle-predicteur-surestime-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-10-06",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Few concepts have enjoyed such success in training. Meta-analyses show a real but modest link with performance once intelligence and personality are taken into account.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Emotional Intelligence",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lausanne",
    "region": "Vaud",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What Meta-Analyses Tell Us",
      "point": "Dana Joseph and Daniel Newman (2010, Journal of Applied Psychology) show that [emotional intelligence](/formation/intelligence-emotionnelle/lausanne) is associated with performance, but that the link weakens considerably once cognitive intelligence and personality traits are controlled for."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The Measurement Problem",
      "point": "Self-report questionnaires and ability tests do not measure the same thing and correlate weakly with one another."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Where the Link Is Most Plausible",
      "point": "The associations are clearer in roles with substantial interpersonal demands — service, care, frontline management — than in technical roles."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What This Means for Training",
      "point": "The promise that emotional intelligence training will transform performance is not supported by the data."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A Practical Implication That Can Be Tested in Lausanne",
      "point": "In a workshop, have participants re-enact a difficult interview and code their responses: paraphrasing, naming the emotion, or evasion."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Newman",
      "year": "2010",
      "source": "Journal of Applied Psychology"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 235,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-Training-Emotional-Intelligence-Lausanne-intelligence-emotionnelle-predicteur-surestime-en.jpg?v=4",
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  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/intelligence-emotionnelle/lausanne",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/lausanne",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}