Personality Traits and Positive Resources of Workers for Sustainable Development: Is Emotional Intelligence a Mediator for Optimism and Hope?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Aim and Hypotheses
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.3. Procedure and Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
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1. BFQ E | - | |||||||||
2. BFQ A | 0.23 ** | - | ||||||||
3. BFQ C | 0.19 ** | 0.23 ** | - | |||||||
4. BFQ ES | 0.23 ** | 0.32 ** | 0.09 | - | ||||||
5. BFQ O | 0.41 ** | 0.48 ** | 0.05 | 0.26 ** | - | |||||
6. LOT-r | 0.38 ** | 0.41 ** | 0.11 | 0.49 ** | 0.34 ** | - | ||||
7. HS | 0.47 ** | 0.30 ** | 0.32 ** | 0.40 ** | 0.34 ** | 0.51 ** | - | |||
8. HS Agency | 0.44 ** | 0.30 ** | 0.38 ** | 0.38 ** | 0.29 ** | 0.47 ** | 0.89 ** | - | ||
9. HS Pathways | 0.41 ** | 0.24 ** | 0.21 ** | 0.34 ** | 0.32 ** | 0.45 ** | 0.91 ** | 0.63 ** | - | |
10. TEIQue-SF | 0.44 ** | 0.45 ** | 0.30 ** | 0.52 ** | 0.41 ** | 0.62 ** | 0.58 ** | 0.58 ** | 0.47 ** | - |
M | 73.62 | 84.38 | 80.34 | 72.45 | 83.13 | 20.28 | 45.34 | 23.00 | 22.35 | 150.18 |
SD | 8.80 | 8.91 | 9.91 | 13.16 | 9.35 | 3.97 | 8.03 | 4.28 | 4.63 | 20.01 |
α | 0.80 | 0.73 | 0.78 | 0.87 | 0.84 | 0.79 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.84 |
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Di Fabio, A.; Palazzeschi, L.; Bucci, O.; Guazzini, A.; Burgassi, C.; Pesce, E. Personality Traits and Positive Resources of Workers for Sustainable Development: Is Emotional Intelligence a Mediator for Optimism and Hope? Sustainability 2018, 10, 3422. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103422
Di Fabio A, Palazzeschi L, Bucci O, Guazzini A, Burgassi C, Pesce E. Personality Traits and Positive Resources of Workers for Sustainable Development: Is Emotional Intelligence a Mediator for Optimism and Hope? Sustainability. 2018; 10(10):3422. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103422
Chicago/Turabian StyleDi Fabio, Annamaria, Letizia Palazzeschi, Ornella Bucci, Andrea Guazzini, Chiara Burgassi, and Eleonora Pesce. 2018. "Personality Traits and Positive Resources of Workers for Sustainable Development: Is Emotional Intelligence a Mediator for Optimism and Hope?" Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3422. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103422