Mindfulness Enhances Job Performance in Organization : Report
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Added on 2020-05-28
Mindfulness Enhances Job Performance in Organization : Report
Added on 2020-05-28
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1The purpose of this report is to analysis and defines the ways by which mindfulness enhances the job performance in an organization.MindfulnessMindfulness is defined by many different authors but the common definition of mindfulness isthe state of being aware of the present reality and living in the moment. Dane defined mindfulness as a state of consciousness in which attention is focused on present moment phenomena occurring both internally and externally.There are two approaches to define mindfulness construct,1.Eastern-This approach is a result of the general agreement among scholars that mindfulness is a state of consciousness that focuses on the present moment in a non-judgmental manner. Hence, the two key aspects of mindfulness here is the attention focus on the moment and the lack of evaluation due to which it is mandatory to accept the present.2.Western-This approach is an information-processing approach. The key aspect ofmindfulness here is drawing novel distinctions.Hence, mindfulness can also be defined as a preferred way of thinking and acts as an interface between personality and cognition or it can be understood as a disposition providing an interface between knowledge and behaviour[ CITATION EKi17 \l 16393 ].Mindfulness and leadership behaviourWith the help of structural equation modelling, the authors concluded that leadership self-mastery and leadership organizational-transformation is related to mindfulness. Glomb et al. described benefits of mindfulness in leadership behaviour. He defined some processes and argued that mindfulness is linked to self-regulation by these processes. Few examples of these processes are:Reduced automatic thinkingIncreased awareness of physical experiencesDecoupling of ego to eventsMindfulness enhances self-leadership with the help of self-regulation along with emotional intelligence and self-reflection. Mindfulness enhances leadership because mindfulness generates awareness of current information and gives a perception to support real-time decisions. It also enhances psychological well-being and resilience and gives presence to interpersonal relationships[ CITATION KWB03 \l 16393 ]. Apart from this, mindfulness also
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