Resources for enhancing employee and organizational well-being beyond personality traits: The promise of Emotional Intelligence and Positive Relational Management

Abstract

The two studies presented in this article examine individual psychological resources that might be fostered to promote individual and organizational well-being. More specifically, study 1 study assessed with a sample of 524 Italian University students the relationship between trait emotional intelligence (EI) and both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, controlling for the effects of personality traits. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that trait EI explained a percentage of incremental variance beyond that accounted for by personality traits in relation to both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Study 2 assessed the contribution of Positive Relational Management (PRM) to hedonic and eudaimonic well-being with a sample of 252 university students. Analyses showed that PRM accounted for significant incremental variance beyond that accounted for by personality traits in relation to both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. The findings suggest that both trait EI and PRM represent promising resources for promoting well-being, although variations were identified with regard to the contributions of specific dimensions of both sets of resources.