The Mediating and Moderating Effects of Emotional Intelligence on the Impact of Employee Contemplation on Work Engagement
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Work engagement is crucial in organizational development as it improves and enhances performance and innovative behavior. This is influenced by personal, work environment, and other factors. Therefore, it is worthwhile to study whether and how contemplation as a personality trait affects work engagement. This study extends previous research on contemplation and work engagement by introducing emotional intelligence to construct mediation and regulation models A questionnaire survey was conducted on the contemplation, emotional intelligence, and work engagement of 930 employees in central enterprises. Our results indicate that contemplation has a significant negative predictive effect on work engagement This study enriches the research on rumination and work engagement by revealing the impact of rumination on work engagement. Our research has certain implications for enterprises to improve their employees' mental health level and work engagement.
DOI: 10.4018/jcit.371404
Authors: Yanping Wang, Li Hu
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408348252