The Impact of Psychological Detachment on Employee Engagement: Analyzing the Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence

  • Gul Ahmad Research Scholar, Department of LMS, NDU, Pakistan
  • Dr. Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman Department of Leadership and Management Studies, NDU, Pakistan
  • Dr. Adnan Jamil Department of LMS, NDU, Pakistan
Keywords: Psychological Detachment, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Moderated Regression, Organizational Behavior

Abstract

Purpose: In this study, the author investigates the moderating role of psychological detachment in the relationship between employee engagement in employees of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) at Islamabad International Airport.

Design/methodology/approach This study is cross-sectional, and data were obtained from 400 employees through self-reporting structured inventories. To check the moderating role of emotional intelligence on the relationship between psychological detachment and employee engagement, moderated regression analysis was carried out.

Findings: Consequently, analysis of the results confirmed that psychological detachment has a positive correlation with engagement. Furthermore, the study found that emotional intelligence interacted with psychological detachment in a way that indicated that workers with high levels of emotional intelligence can use psychological detachment to boost their engagement.

Research limitations/implications: Since the collected data were cross-sectional, they did not allow the authors to establish causality. Future work should embrace data collection techniques such as longitudinal to develop more efficient causal connections.

Practical implications: This is particularly relevant for organizations that want to increase employee satisfaction, as practice could be made of embedding emotional intelligence training into practice, as well as encouraging workers to practice psychological detachment from work related tasks during their free time.

Originality/value: This research supported the literature on organizational behavior by showing on how and in what ways emotional intelligence acted as a mediator on the relationship observed with psychological detachment on the employee engagement.

Published
2024-09-30
How to Cite
Gul Ahmad, Dr. Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, & Dr. Adnan Jamil. (2024). The Impact of Psychological Detachment on Employee Engagement: Analyzing the Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence. Research Journal of Social Sciences and Economics Review, 5(3), 115-125. https://doi.org/10.36902/rjsser-vol5-iss3-2024(115-125)