Psychological Empowerment and Work Engagement as Mediating Roles Between Trait Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction

The majority of research indicates that trait emotional intelligence (EI) plays a crucial role in personal well being; however, the deeper mechanisms of this link remain unclear. The study explored the impact of psychological empowerment and work engagement in the link between trait EI and job satis...

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Published inFrontiers in psychology Vol. 11; p. 232
Main Authors Gong, Yue, Wu, Yong, Huang, Peng, Yan, Xiaofei, Luo, Zhengxue
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 06.03.2020
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job satisfaction
occupational well being
psychological empowerment
Psychology
trait emotional intelligence
work engagement
work engagement
occupational well being
psychological empowerment
job satisfaction
trait emotional intelligence
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Summary:The majority of research indicates that trait emotional intelligence (EI) plays a crucial role in personal well being; however, the deeper mechanisms of this link remain unclear. The study explored the impact of psychological empowerment and work engagement in the link between trait EI and job satisfaction. Female nurses (370) completed the EI Scale, the Psychological Empowerment Scale, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, and the Brief Index of Affective Job Satisfaction. The results of structural equation modeling demonstrated that work engagement partially mediated the association between trait EI and job satisfaction. Moreover, the serial one mediator model revealed that trait EI could influence job satisfaction via the serial mediating impact of "psychological empowerment-work engagement." These results help to a better understanding of the association between these variables and demonstrate that high trait EI may improve occupational well being from emotional perspectives.
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Edited by: María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes, University of Almería, Spain
These authors have contributed equally to this work
This article was submitted to Organizational Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
Reviewed by: Shinichiro Ishii, Jichi Medical University, Japan; Natalio Extremera, University of Malaga, Spain
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00232