Ability Model: Mayer and Salovey introduced the concept of emotional intelligence (Ability Model).According to them, Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive emotions, to access and generate emotions so as to assist thought, to understand emotions and emotional knowledge, and to reflectively regulate emotions so as to promote emotional and intellectual growth.
Mixed Model: The mixed model was most famously described by Daniel Coleman, and is widely accepted and used model for EI . It involves a range of competencies which are broken down into skill sets and which together form the picture of a person’s level of EI.
