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The Gift of Being Present: Unwrapping Mindfulness in Leadership

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dc.contributor.advisor Kaplan, Seth
dc.contributor.author Campbell, Alec
dc.creator Campbell, Alec
dc.date 2021-04-28
dc.date.accessioned 2021-10-14T13:24:39Z
dc.date.available 2021-10-14T13:24:39Z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1920/12150
dc.description.abstract Over the past two decades, mindfulness has received considerable attention in the organizational sciences, and researchers have even begun examining how a leader’s mindfulness may manifest interpersonally to benefit those around them. However, these studies have conceptualized and measured mindfulness from a unidimensional perspective, leaving a potential gap in the literature regarding which dimensions of mindfulness are more or less important for interindividual outcomes. The two studies presented in this paper sought to build on previous findings by evaluating mindfulness from a multidimensional lens. The first study involved a cross-sectional survey (n=306) designed to examine the factor structure of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) and evaluate the relationship between supervisor mindfulness and direct report performance. The factor structure of the FFMQ was confirmed; however, results suggested that neither aggregate supervisor mindfulness nor the individual dimensions significantly predicted performance of their direct reports. In the second study, survey data was collected from a sample of supervisors (n=92). The factor structure identified in the first study was used to predict direct report performance as well as organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Findings were consistent with the first study in that overall supervisor mindfulness did not predict either outcome; however, one dimension of the FFMQ was found as a significant predictor of both overall performance and OCB. Potential implications and limitations are discussed. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject mindfulness en_US
dc.subject leadership en_US
dc.subject performance en_US
dc.subject leader mindfulness en_US
dc.subject employee performance en_US
dc.title The Gift of Being Present: Unwrapping Mindfulness in Leadership en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
thesis.degree.name Master of Arts in Psychology en_US
thesis.degree.level Master's en_US
thesis.degree.discipline Psychology en_US
thesis.degree.grantor George Mason University en_US


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