[01] John Nkeobuna Nnah Ugoani, Department of Management Sciences, College of Management and Social Sciences, Rhema University, Aba, Nigeria.

Research on emotional intelligence indicates that it is composed of multiple competencies such as developing others, empathy and relationship building that foster employees training needs assessment and task performance. Training is a vicarious process different from basic academic process because it deals with people from different backgrounds and economic levels. This paper therefore, reviews the interrelationship between emotional intelligence and its influence on employees training needs assessment and task performance. Using the qualitative research design the result of the study indicates positive association between the variables of interest. The investigation offers suggestion on the need to improve performance through emotional intelligence, and recommends that e-learning requires adequate technical infrastructure.

Social and Emotional Learning, Learning Theory, Emotional Perception, Job Satisfaction, Retraining, Technical Infrastructure, e-Learning, Effective Training

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