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Withholding the Wandering Mind:Examining the Influence of Mindfulness on Employees' Life Satisfaction and Job Involvement


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1 AIPS, Amity University, Noida, Haryana, India
2 Assistant Professor, AIPS, Amity University, Noida, Haryana, India
     

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Workplace mindfulness and its impact have been inadequately understood so far within the managerial literature in Indian context. This paper examines the effects of workplace mindfulness on employees working in private sectors. The present study aimed to see the influence of mindfulness on employees’ life satisfaction and job involvement. The study examined professionals, identified through purposive sampling of (N = 150, 86 males and 64 females). The tools used were - namely, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), Job Involvement Scale and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). To determine individual’s degree of conscious awareness about things in work settings was assessed by using trait mindfulness construct (MAAS). The present study aimed to see the influence of mindfulness on employees’ life satisfaction and job involvement. Mindfulness was found to be significantly mediating the relationship between life satisfaction and job involvement. Study also investigated the predictive power of mindfulness with respect to employees’ life satisfaction. Findings support the hypotheses and claim for the positive correlation between the two constructs. We acknowledge the theoretical and factual implication of this research features provide broad pathways for more future researches on mindfulness in workplace settings.

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Mindfulness, Life Satisfaction and Job Involvement.
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Authors

Priya Gupta
AIPS, Amity University, Noida, Haryana, India
Seema Singh
Assistant Professor, AIPS, Amity University, Noida, Haryana, India

Abstract


Workplace mindfulness and its impact have been inadequately understood so far within the managerial literature in Indian context. This paper examines the effects of workplace mindfulness on employees working in private sectors. The present study aimed to see the influence of mindfulness on employees’ life satisfaction and job involvement. The study examined professionals, identified through purposive sampling of (N = 150, 86 males and 64 females). The tools used were - namely, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), Job Involvement Scale and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). To determine individual’s degree of conscious awareness about things in work settings was assessed by using trait mindfulness construct (MAAS). The present study aimed to see the influence of mindfulness on employees’ life satisfaction and job involvement. Mindfulness was found to be significantly mediating the relationship between life satisfaction and job involvement. Study also investigated the predictive power of mindfulness with respect to employees’ life satisfaction. Findings support the hypotheses and claim for the positive correlation between the two constructs. We acknowledge the theoretical and factual implication of this research features provide broad pathways for more future researches on mindfulness in workplace settings.

Keywords


Mindfulness, Life Satisfaction and Job Involvement.

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