Mindfulness at workmultilevel analysis from an interpersonal perspective

Abstract

Mindfulness refers to paying full attention to the present moment (Brown & Ryan, 2003). At work, mindfulness has become a fruitful area for intervention and investigation (Hyland, Lee, & Mills, 2015). A recent review showed that mindful employees are an organizational asset, for they show more engagement, vitality and performance (Good et al., 2016). There are personal benefits too: mindfulness at work is associated with emotion regulation, health and lower stress (Mesmer-Magnus, Manapragada, Viswesvaran, & Allen, 2017). However, the impact on other people’s outcomes is almost unknown (Creswell, 2017). The only exceptions are that leaders’ mindfulness was related to employees’ performance (Reb, Narayanan, & Chaturvedi, 2014), and employees’ mindfulness to clients’ satisfaction (Beach et al., 2013). No research has investigated the crossover of mindfulness at work beyond this. Moreover, psychological states at work are not static, but spill over to the home domain and cross over to the employee’s partner (Bakker & Demerouti, 2013)...