Authors : Mirza-Hasan Hoseini, Pejman Hosseinzadeh- Savadi, Mehdi Rouholamini and Nahid Saravi- Moghadam
Abstract: The concept of subjective well-being has been extensively studied in psychology but has received limited attention in the marketing field as the antecedent of the manager behavior aspects. In today’s competitive world, subjective well-being, self-efficacy or confidence, hope, resiliencies and optimism are considered as a key factor to success and survival for organizations. So far, the literature has recognized various items that affect subjective well-being in organizations. Structural equation modeling was used for data analysis. The population includes 265 managers and professional experts working in Kalleh company from Iran. The results of study showed a significant effect of emotional intelligence on self-efficacy or confidence, hope, resiliencies and optimism in Kalleh company. In addition, study showed a significantly casual relation of optimism and self-efficacy with subjective well-being in Kalleh company. Finally, this study proposes insights for managers how to enhance their emotional intelligence through constant measurement as well as using improvement plans in order to provide higher subjective well-being both directly and through the mediating role of self-efficacy or confidence, hope, resiliencies and optimism in Kalleh company.
Mirza-Hasan Hoseini, Pejman Hosseinzadeh- Savadi, Mehdi Rouholamini and Nahid Saravi- Moghadam, 2016. Explaining Subjective Well-Being of Self-Efficacy, Hope, Resiliency, Optimism: the Role of Emotional Intelligence in an Industry Mediated Environment. International Business Management, 10: 3116-3128.