This article proposes a culturally implicit perspective of emotional intelligence and introduces the notion of culture-specific emotional intelligence (CSEI). Emotional intelligence (EI) as a construct has predominantly been associated with the individual. Given that emotions are also implicit beliefs and that their experience, expression, and management are known to be driven by cultural values, we suggest EI to be culturally embedded. We therefore suggest that EI is culture-specific. Culture-specific EI serves as an important social resource affecting behaviors. We provide a brief review of literature that elucidates the multi-level nature of EI and highlights the role of culture as both antecedent and moderator of CSEI. Implications for theory and cross-cultural phenomena are discussed.

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情商文化内隐视角的影响

本文提出了情绪智力的文化隐含视角，并介绍了特定文化情绪智力 (CSEI) 的概念。情商 (EI) 作为一种结构主要与个人有关。鉴于情绪也是内隐的信念，并且众所周知，情绪的体验、表达和管理是由文化价值观驱动的，我们建议 EI 具有文化嵌入性。因此，我们建议 EI 是特定于文化的。特定于文化的 EI 是影响行为的重要社会资源。我们简要回顾了阐明 EI 的多层次性质的文献，并强调了文化作为 CSEI 的前因和调节者的作用。讨论了对理论和跨文化现象的影响。