The engageable personality: Personality and trait EI as predictors of work engagement |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Education and Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy;2. Department of Psychology, University of Western University, London, ON, Canada;1. Department of Psychology, University of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain;2. Institute of Biomedical Research, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain;3. London Psychometric Laboratory, University College London, UK;1. Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug, and Child''s Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, Italy;2. Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, Canada;3. School of Psychology, University of Florence, Italy;4. Department of Social Sciences, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon;5. Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, National Distance Education University, Madrid, Spain;6. Beijing Normal University, China;1. Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain;2. Center of Excellence for Positive Organizational Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands;1. Reflect, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands;2. Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, the Netherlands;3. Unit of Applied Psychology, Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy;4. Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland;5. CentERdata, Tilburg, the Netherlands;6. NETLAB (Tilburg University Interdisciplinary Network on Health and Labor), the Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Work engagement is seen as a critical antecedent of various organizational outcomes such as citizenship behavior and employee productivity. Though defined as a state, recent research has hinted at potential individual differences in engagement, meaning that employees differ in their tendencies to engage at work. This study investigated the effects of the Big Five personality traits, work-specific personality, and trait emotional intelligence, on work engagement among a sample of 1050 working adults. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses identified trait EI, openness to experience, interpersonal sensitivity, ambition, extraversion, adjustment, and conscientiousness as predictors of engagement. Trait EI predicted work engagement over and above personality. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Engagement Personality Trait EI |
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