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

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.