چکیده (انگلیسی):

The present paper examines the importance of emotions in managing and balancing
personal and social fronts and argues that leaders or rulers require to handle their
emotions and passions in an efficient manner for effective leading. We take
Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra (1606) and Othello (1603-04) as prototypes to
understand the role of emotions and passions in social representation of life. The
first section discusses the role of emotions and passions in Leadership Studies.
Central to the discussion of emotion and passion remain issues such as conflict of
reason in personal and professional endeavor. The second section is an analysis of
the characters of Antony, Cleopatra and Othello. This section argues that the fall of
these leaders was inspired by their inability to control and manage passions and
emotions. The paper concludes with the focus on the need of managing emotions
and passions for effective leading.