Many managers of Puerto Rican corporations have not been able to assist employees in their recovery from the devastation left by Hurricane Maria. This lack of assistance has resulted in high employee attrition rates, low productivity, anxiety, isolation, anguish, despair, panic attacks, and depression. Scholarly literature lacks research on emotional intelligence and learning in corporate, postdisaster contexts; both capacities may mitigate employee stress due to the uncertainty inherent in postdisaster conditions and motivate employees to persevere in the face of adversity. The purpose of this quantitative study was to assess the relationship between employee learning, emotional intelligence, and organizational performance. The theoretical framework applied was human capital theory. The research questions focused on how employee learning and emotional intelligence are related to organizational performance. The sample was 90 full-time employees of multinational corporations in Puerto Rico. Data were collected through SurveyMonkey using the Workplace Learning Scale, the Trait Meta-Mood Scale, and the Organizational Performance Scale. Regression analysis was used to analyze the data, and both employee learning and emotional intelligence were found to have a statistically significant positive relationship with organizational performance (β = .563, p = .000; β = .348, p = .000). To more fully capture participants' thoughts and feelings, a mixed methodology is recommended for future research. The results of this study could assist human resources managers in their selection of training that enables employees to gain the skills needed to support business continuity and personal welfare in postdisaster environments.

ABSTRACT The Relationships among Demographic Variables, Intelligences, Critical Thinking, and Emotional Intelligence of Junior High School Students. The main purpose of the study was to explore the relationships among demographic variables, intelligences, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence (EQ) of Junior High School Students. The participants included 547 students (293 males and 254 females) coming from five junior high schools in Tainan and Kaohsiung City. The instruments employed in this study were the subscales of intrapersonal intelligence and interpersonal intelligence from the Multiple Intelligences Scale, The Test of Critical Thinking Skills for Primary and Secondary School Students (TCTS-PS), The Questionnaire of Dispositions Toward Critical Thinking, and The Self-Report Scale of Children¡¦s Emotional Thinking. The Self-Report Scale of Children¡¦s Emotional Thinking comprised two subscales¡Xthe intrapersonal and the interpersonal intelligence of emotion. The employed methods included Descriptive Statistics, t-test, ANOVA, MANOVA, Cannon Correlation Analysis, and Discriminate Analysis. The main findings of this study were as follows: 1. The students¡¦ development of intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence, critical-thinking skills, critical-thinking dispositions, and emotional intelligence were above the average. 2. The females outperformed the males in both the intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence of emotion. 3. There were no significant differences on the EQ scores among the three grade levels. 4. The higher educational level the students¡¦ parents had, the better the students¡¦ EQ were. 5. There was a significant canonical correlation between the two kinds of intelligences and the eight factors of EQ. 6. There was a significant canonical correlation between the independent variable set and the eight factors of emotional intelligence. The independent variable set included gender, grades, the parents¡¦ educational level, intrapersonal intelligence, interpersonal intelligences, critical-thinking skills, and critical-thinking dispositions 7. The level of students¡¦ EQ could be effectively predicted by their critical-thinking skills and critical-thinking dispositions. Among the three levels of EQ, the middle level was predicted with the highest accuracy. The finding revealed that high critical-thinking skills and high critical-thinking dispositions required at least an average level of EQ. Therefore, critical-thinking is essential to EQ. Finally, some suggestions for instruction and further research were proposed.

Submitted by Irene Nascimento (irene.kessia@ufpe.br) on 2016-07-08T17:49:19Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação_de_mestrado_Julio Antunes Barreto Lins 1.pdf: 1178353 bytes, checksum: 037cedb3694724a34ebe3b2109f0538f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-08T17:49:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação_de_mestrado_Julio Antunes Barreto Lins 1.pdf: 1178353 bytes, checksum: 037cedb3694724a34ebe3b2109f0538f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-29 / Programas chamados de Mindfulness Based Therapy, de meditação atenção-conscientização, têm apresentado resultados significativos em meta-análises. Devido a isso, diversos estudos qualitativos têm investigado as transformações pessoais e construído teorias, sendo a principal a teoria da transformação da situação perceptiva. Mas apenas recentemente, em 2014, foi publicada a primeira investigação qualitativa investigando transformações interpessoais consequentes de tais intervenções. Já no Brasil, a Política Nacional de Práticas Integrativas e Complementares no SUS incentiva o ensino da meditação para promoção da saúde. Localmente, o programa Atentamente de ensino de práticas no SUS compõe, com outras práticas integrativas, as abordagens do Núcleo de Apoio em Práticas Integrativas (NAPI) SUS Recife. Nesse programa o aprendizado de atenção-conscientização é apresentado em consonância com as vivências dos participantes. Quanto à metodologia, o presente estudo de caso construiu roteiro de entrevista qualitativa semi-estruturada e dialogada a partir das teorias fundamentadas. Foram entrevistados seis informantes chaves sobre as experiências com os estágios de desenvolvimento em intenção, atitude e atenção. Além disso, foram acompanhados quatro turmas do curso com observação participante. Quanto aos resultados, as categorias mais importantes elencadas no processo de transformação intrapessoal foram Aceitação, leveza, permitir mudança e deixar os pensamentos irem. Já na compreensão das transformações interpessoais as de maior significância foram Estar presente com o Outro, reagir menos, pensar melhor e autoconfiança. A teoria da dádiva se mostrou potente na elucidação da mudança de atitude frente ao outro a partir das práticas contemplativas, e recirculação de dádivas fundamentais. / Programs classified as “Mindfulness Based Therapies” have shown significant results in meta-analyzes teaching attention-awareness meditation. Because of this, several qualitative studies have investigated the personal transformations building theories, the main theory being the transformation of the perceptual situation theory. But only recently, in 2014, was published the first qualitative research investigating interpersonal transformations related to such interventions. In Brazil, the National Policy on Integrative and Complementary Practices in the SUS encourages the teaching of meditation for health promotion. Locally, the mindfulness-awareness based educational program Atentamente (“mindfully”) is part of the governmental strategy, the Center for Support in Integrative Practices (NAPI) SUS Recife. In this program attention-awareness of learning is presented in line with the experiences of the participants. As for the methodology, this is a case study built with qualitative interviews based upon the grounded theories. 6 key informants were interviewed about the experiences with the development stages in intention, attitude and attention. In addition, were followed four courses with participant observation. As for the results, the most important categories listed in personal transformation process were “Acceptance”, “lightness”, “enable change” and “let the thoughts go”. In the understanding of interpersonal transformations the main categories were “present with the Other”, “less reactive”, “better thinking” and “self-confidence”. The Gift theory proved powerful in elucidating the change of attitude from the other contemplative practices, and recirculation fundamental gifts.

This thesis concentrates on contexts and view-points, that should determinate the character of activities designed for gifted children in foreign languages classes. This work proposes some methods and ways that are convenient for gifted learners. It deals also with the characteristics of the teacher, who is able to conduct the gifted and the characteristics of the gifted in order to devise such activities that satisfy their special cognitive, emotional and social needs.