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This quantitative research study´s focus was to determine if organizational emotional intelligence (OEI) was a valid predictor of organizational performance (OP) in the real estate industry. It built upon the organizational emotional intelligence research but with an organizational performance perspective. An organization´s holistic capabilities as opposed to the individual´s positional knowledge, skills, and abilities are the true strength of how a high performance company maintains their edge over their competitors. Bradberry and Greaves´ Emotional Intelligence Appraisal (EIA), the researcher-designed Subjective Organizational Performance Assessment (SOPA) and SOPA-X, with Dubois and Rothwell´s Developing the High Performance Workplace (DHPW) were utilized to assess Northern Virginia Real Estate organizations. The statistical analysis of the data (n = 210) explored the correlation between OEI and OP; between the OP assessment tools; and between OEI and years in the real estate industry, gender, age, and level of education. At the end of the statistical process, the researcher concluded OEI was a valid predictor to OP at a 0.05 significance level.

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Dr. Simmie A. Adams, PhD: Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Capella University. CEO/COO at The Consortium of Scientific Practitioners, LLC, Bealeton, Virginia. Dr. Adams has decades of experience in a wide genre of functional areas. Each area aligns with developing an environment for change thus creating high performance organizations.

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