Preliminary findings from RULER Approach in Spanish teachers’ emotional intelligence and work engagement

The Interactive Effects of Personal Resources on Teachers’ Work Engagement and Withdrawal Intentions: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

“…This finding accords with earlier research showing an indirect effect of EI on withdrawal intention [51]. In line with prior research, EI appears to help teachers maintain the effects of pleasant feelings leading to energy and dedication at work [25,49]. Likewise, EI might directly affect occupational well-being through perceived control of environmental factors and display of more effective connections with their work, which might eventually affect teachers' attitudes toward their occupation and intention to quit [28,37].…”

“…Moreover, EI levels could account for the significant variance in workers' levels of engagement regardless of their personality [48]. Studies showing positive associations between EI and work engagement can be found across different occupational settings including teaching [25,46,49]. Accordingly, one would expect teachers high in EI to report higher levels of work engagement than their low-EI counterparts.…”

“…Third, the use of self-report measures might lead to inflated results associated with common-method bias. Further studies using performance-based EI tests would contribute to a better understanding of the link between emotional abilities and work engagement [32,49]. Future research is advised to include objective measures (e.g., peer ratings of personal resources) [87].…”

Leaving the Teaching Profession: Examining the Role of Social Support, Engagement and Emotional Intelligence in Teachers’ Intentions to Quit

“…Recent findings show that EI training may contribute to teachers' occupational health and well-being (Schoeps et al, 2019). These results together with current findings underline the value of designing future psychosocial interventions focusing on teachers' perceptions of their skills for dealing with their own and other peoples' (e.g., colleagues, families, or students) emotions to improve their work engagement and to facilitate greater desires to remain in teaching (Castillo-Gualda et al, 2017;Yin et al, 2013). Although further research is needed, these findings suggest that the increase in social resources at work should consider baseline levels of teachers' personal resources such as EI.…”

“…On the one hand, personal resources are regarded as direct predictors of well-being. For instance, EI positively relates to work engagement beyond the variance accounted for by personality traits (Akhtar et al, 2015) and it also associates with dimensions of teachers' work engagement (Castillo-Gualda et al, 2017). On the other hand, personal resources may moderate the relationship between job characteristics and well-being (Bakker et al, 2017;Schaufeli & Taris, 2014).…”