The relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing in the workplace

Abstract

The dynamic aspect of the world of work, accompanied by personal struggle, can pose several challenges to employees, limiting job performance. Moreover, as the world shifts rapidly between health, employment, and political crises, employee well-being has come to the forefront of employers' priorities. As organisations look to discover the key to maintaining a healthy workforce, levels of emotional intelligence have been mentioned as possible indicators. In light of this, the research focused on determining if emotional intelligence is correlated with psychological well-being. Quantitative surveys were used to determine whether there is scope for organisations to invest in developing higher degrees of emotional intelligence within their staff. The findings suggested that all facets of emotional intelligence and psychological well-being had a significant and positive correlation, except for the Autonomy and Utilising Emotions subscales. Gender, age and company tenure were also found to influence the main variables to varying degrees. As a result of these observations, several practical and theoretical implications were highlighted.