Personal resources in organizational contexts. An on-line career coaching intervention for workers: “Up resources, up organizations”

Working conditions strongly impact workers’ well-being and life satisfaction and several studies have shown that the enhancement of positive resources is possible through on-line career counseling and coaching interventions based on positive psychology. The study compared an experimental group of participants (n = 20; aged between 25 and 65 years, M = 46.75; SD = 10.68) who underwent an online training aimed at enhancing positive psychological resources with a control group (n = 20; aged between 32 and 70 years, M = 46.65; SD = 10.39). The goal was to boost specific positive resources beneficial within organizational contexts. Data were analyzed using mixed-effects ANOVA. Results showed that after the training, the experimental group exhibited higher levels of risk intelligence, courage, self-efficacy, personal relationships, perceptions of decent work, and life satisfaction. Our findings confirm that positive psychological coaching is advantageous for both individuals and organizations, as it increases work-related well-being and outcomes.