Interactive Effects of Emotional Competence, Work Engagement and Personality at the Workplace

The concepts of emotional intelligence and emotional competence are integrated 

with each other and are widely used in workplace settings where their meanings are 

directed and related with the growth, development, learning and performance of the 

employees. Emotional competence, though a widely studied concept in the field of 

organizational behaviour, is an enigmatic construct as many questions related to it still 

remain unanswered. One such question that has been notified in scientific literature and 

management writings in last few years is the interface of emotional competence of a 

person with the level of work engagement. The construct of work engagement is gaining 

popularity in the field of Industrial/Organizational psychology. Focusing on the positive 

behaviours at workplace, organizations are now realizing the need of studying the 

construct of work engagement as a concept vital to the field of occupational health 

psychology. Many researches have been conducted in the past two decades to understand 

how to engage employees at the workplace. This research was an endeavor to inquire the 

linkages between the two constructs- emotional competence and work engagement- 

which are considered pivotal to organizational success. Further, the possibility of