Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Pankaj Tripathi ¹, Neena Kohli ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, F. G. College, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, IN
2 Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

The major aim of the present study was to examine the role of Emotional Intelligence on employees General Health. More specifically the study aimed to see the relationship between General Health and Emotional Intelligence (Self- Emotion Appraisal, Others' Emotion Appraisal, & Use of emotion) of Knowledge based Organization Employees. The sample consisted of 138 employees working in the knowledge based organization in Gurgaon. The mean age of the employees was 44.94 years. 31.88% of employees were B.E./B.Tech, 5.79% were B.C.A., 44.79% were M.Tech and 17.39% of employees were M.C.A. 12 items Emotional Intelligence Scale (Wong & Law, 2002) measuring Self-Emotion Appraisal, Others' Emotion Appraisal, and, Use of emotion and 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12; Goldberg, 1972; Goldberg & Hillier, 1979) was administered on the sample. All the scales were five point rating scale with a low score indicating less of these characteristics. Results of correlations and regression depict that there is a significant positive impact of emotional intelligence on General Health. Emotionally intelligent employees will possess a higher level of Employees General Health and it will positively impact on their success of their work as well as non-work life.

Keywords

Emotional Intelligence (EI), General Health, Knowledge Based Organizational (KBO).

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Anupam Kumar Yadav ¹, Neena Kohli ¹, Shreshtha Yadav ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, IN
2 Department of Psychology University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Thriving at work is a joint experience of vitality and learning. Vitality means feeling of energy during work while learning means acquiring new knowledge and skills at work. Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam's Wings of fire has been chosen because he is considered one of the most thrived personalities of India. Hermeneutics was applied as a qualitative method to analyse the text. Factors which promote thriving has been explored in this paper are knowledge about the work, positive interpersonal relationship, focus on the task at hand, exploration and creativity, positive attitude towards work information sharing with supervisory support. These factors confirms the meaning of thriving at work explained by socially embedded model of thriving. This paper lacks empirical evidences and further empirical researches are needed to validate the result of present study.

Keywords

Thriving, Hermeneutics, Wings of Fire, Exploration, and Creativity.

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