EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF HR-MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

Emotional intelligence is one of the key abilities of the modern managers and HR managers. Efficiency of the employees and the employer's brand depend on the level of HR‘s emotional intelligence. In this study we tried to assess the level of emotional intelligence among students studying Human Resources Management at HSE in Nizhny Novgorod. The study involved 78 students: 56 people (71.79% of the total sample) were undergraduate students and 22 people (28.21% of the total sample) were master level students. Materials and methods: To measure the level of emotional intelligence we used the Test of emotional intelligence, developed by Professor E.A.Sergienko and E. A. Hlevnaya on the basis of the theoretical model of emotional intelligence as the ability of Mayer, J.D., Salovey, P. and Caruso, D.R. Results: According to the results, the average values of general emotional intelligence and the main scales of emotional intelligence are at the level of competence. The highest rate is observed on the scale of the Emotion Management (M=102.46). Lower indicators characterize the scale of the Use of emotions (M=95,61). 64.10% of the respondents are characterized by an average level of the development of the ability to understand and rule emotions; 56.41% of students have a high level of development of the ability to perceive, identify their emotions and emotions of the others; 38.46% have a low level of development of the ability to use emotions to solve problems. The growth of indicators of emotional intelligence from Bachelor to Master Degree in all branches of emotional intelligence is noted. Discussion and Conclusions: This article is largely a statement of the problem of emotional intelligent research and development of - HR-management students in terms of their professional training, development the professional competencies.