THE IMPACT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON THE GROWTH OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Emotional Intelligence improves an individual’s social effectiveness which is considered as one of the important element of the success of an entrepreneurship. Higher the emotional intelligence the better social network, which in turns lead to better business relations. The objectives of the study was, to find out the level of emotional intelligence of the entrepreneurs and the difference between the group, gender and age and to find out the percentage of growth of the entrepreneurs and how emotional intelligence has an impact on its growth. The sample for the study consisted of 50 entrepreneurs which are selected randomly from different locations of Hyderabad. These samples again sorted out based on the monthly turnover above Rs. 100,000.The study states that there is no significant difference between the scores of emotional intelligence regarding gender and age. It also states that there is a significant difference between the scores of emotional intelligence and growth percentage of the entrepreneurs. So, emotional intelligence has a greater impact on the growth of enterprises