This article aims to validate the factorial structure of the perceived stress scale (PSS10) within the French working population. The analyses conducted confirmed the presence of two distinct factors, interpreted in terms of perceived work overload and perceived personal efficacy. Both factors presented good internal consistency and adequate validity of construct. The authors show and illustrate the predicted link between the two factors and the levels of anxiety and depression. Thus, the PSS 10 is a bi-dimensional scale with satisfactory psychometric proprieties. The results are discussed in the light of their theoretical and practical implications.

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Managers’ interest in the concept of emotional intelligence (EI) has grown steadily due to an accumulation of published articles and books touting EI’s benefits. For over thirty years, many researchers have used or designed tools for measuring EI, most of which raise important psychometric, cultural and contextual issues. The aim of this article is to address some of the main limitations observed in previous studies of EI. By developing and validating QEPro we propose a new performance-based measure of EI based on a modified version of Mayer and Salovey’s (1997) four-branch model. QEPro is an ability EI measure specifically dedicated to managers and business executives in a French cultural environment (N = 1035 managers and executives). In order to increase both the ecological and the face validity of the test for the target population we used the Situational Judgment Tests framework and a theory-based item development and scoring approach. For all items, correct and incorrect response options were developed using established theories from the emotion and management fields. Our study showed that QEPro has good psychometric qualities such as high measurement precision and internal consistency, an appropriate level of difficulty and a clear factorial structure. The tool also correlates in meaningful and theoretically congruent ways with general intelligence, Trait EI measures, the Big Five factors of personality, and the Affect measures used in this study. For all these reasons, QEPro is a promising tool for studying the role of EI competencies in managerial outcomes.

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Cet article étudie les facteurs explicatifs du niveau de stress auto-déclaré des salariés d’une grande firme française. L’échelle dite de Stress Perçu à 10 items est utilisée. Sur la base de la méthodologie GEE (Generalized Estimating Equations), nous obtenons deux résultats. Tout d’abord, il existe de nombreuses différences de stress perçu liées au genre. En outre, l’utilisation d’un score de stress construit comme une combinaison linéaire des scores obtenus à chaque item se révèle discutable. En dépit des informations obtenues dans l’analyse, il reste qu’il existe de nombreux facteurs exogènes susceptibles de jouer sur le niveau de stress ressenti, parfois difficiles à mesurer (prédispositions physiologiques, influence des partenaires sociaux et professionnels, etc .).