Mindfulness at Work: Antecedents and Consequences of Employee Awareness and Absent-mindedness

• Main Authors: REB, Jochen, NARAYANAN, Jayanth, HO, Zhi Wei
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Absent-mindedness; Awareness; Mindfulness; Performance; Well-being; Child Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Public Health; School Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3541; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4539/viewcontent/MAW_Reb2013_AcceptedMFN.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The present study examines antecedents and consequences of two aspects of mindfulness in a work setting: employee awareness and employee absent-mindedness. Using two samples, the study found these two aspects of mindfulness to be beneficially associated with employee well-being, as measured by emoti...