Abstract Strategic management has traditionally emphasized analytical models, competitive positioning, and resource allocation. Yet in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments, strategic advantage increasingly hinges on human capacities for sense-making, coordination, and ethical judgment. This article examines the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in strategic management through an integrative framework that connects micro-level affective competencie

Author:  Said Khalifa Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract This paper explores the evolving paradigms of management and leadership in the twenty-first century, focusing on how globalization, digital transformation, and sociocultural dynamics reshape the understanding of authority, coordination, and organizational identity. Drawing upon Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of capital, Immanuel Wallerstein’s world-systems theory, and the framework of institutional isomorphism, th