Abstract
This study sought to investigate the role of emotional intelligence in both extrinsic and intrinsic career success in early and later career stages. Specifically, we examined the predictive and incremental validity of emotional intelligence in career success after controlling for personality factors in a sample of 271 graduates. When analyzing extrinsic career success, regression analyses revealed that demographic variables, such as gender, age, area of study and career stage, and the variable of proactive personality, were related to salary. When the dependent variable was job satisfaction, emotional intelligence acted as a strong predictor, even when personality traits and proactive personality were controlled. These findings provide preliminary evidence that emotional intelligence is a relevant addition to guide the achievement of career success. Finally, limitations of the results and implications of these findings are discussed.
Highlights
Achieving work–life balance and general life satisfaction has become one of the most relevant challenges for workers nowadays [1]
Regarding the relationship between personality traits and career success, we found that only neuroticism was negatively related with salary (r = − 0.12, p < 0.05)
Our results provide some interesting preliminary evidence concerning the predictive validity of emotional intelligence over some specific aspects of career success, these findings should be interpreted with caution
Summary
Achieving work–life balance and general life satisfaction has become one of the most relevant challenges for workers nowadays [1]. Objective criteria of career success, such as salary, result in higher socioeconomic status and allow people to fulfil their personal responsibilities [2], enabling work–life balance and general life satisfaction. The need to examine both objective and subjective factors of career success is even more relevant in the Spanish context, where both job and financial satisfaction are lower than the European Union average [4]. In this context, identifying predictors of career success and establishing the concept itself is gaining importance in vocational and organizational career research [5,6]. There is a substantial body of research pointing to affective and personal components as being key to job outcomes [12,13,14]
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