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The relationship between mindfulness and individual adaptability in a dynamic workplace
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/71700 The relationship between mindfulness and individual adaptability in a dynamic workplace Wilson-Prangley, Anthony ichelp@gibs.co.za Johnstone, Rhys UCTD Mindfulness Individual adaptability Work stress Aadaptive performance Well-being Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2018. PURPOSE : Individual adaptability has been proposed as a source of adaptive performance, an increasingly important performance dimension in dynamic contexts. However, there is limited understanding of the antecedents of adaptability. Mindfulness has been shown to improve performance and well-being in the workplace, but the underlying mechanisms of this relationship are not well understood. Answering this need, we hypothesize a link between mindfulness and adaptability and conduct an empirical study to examined this relationship in dynamic work contexts. METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS : 98 knowledge workers in dynamic workplaces completed a self-rating survey that measured mindfulness and a multifactor measure of individual adaptability. Correlation analysis found a significant positive relationship between mindfulness and individual adaptability, and also between mindfulness and five sub-factors of adaptability. Regression analysis found mindfulness could significantly predict adaptability and that mindfulness added incremental variability to various sub-scale factors of adaptability, over and above work stress adaptability. In other words, mindfulness is not simply a stress management skill but also enhances other aspects of adaptability such as learning and problem-solving. IMPLICATIONS : Individual adaptability helps to explain the relationship between mindfulness, performance and well-being in the workplace. Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) have established protocols and proven outcomes in organizational and psychological literature. It may be possible to enhance individual adaptability through such MBIs and thus support adaptive performance while reducing negative impacts on individual well-being. pt2019 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2019-10-09T14:22:59Z 2019-10-09T14:22:59Z 19/09/30 2018 Mini Dissertation Johnstone, R 2018, The relationship between mindfulness and individual adaptability in a dynamic workplace, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71700> S2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71700 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Mindfulness Individual adaptability Work stress Aadaptive performance Well-being The relationship between mindfulness and individual adaptability in a dynamic workplace |
| title | The relationship between mindfulness and individual adaptability in a dynamic workplace |
| title_full | The relationship between mindfulness and individual adaptability in a dynamic workplace |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between mindfulness and individual adaptability in a dynamic workplace |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between mindfulness and individual adaptability in a dynamic workplace |
| title_short | The relationship between mindfulness and individual adaptability in a dynamic workplace |
| title_sort | relationship between mindfulness and individual adaptability in a dynamic workplace |
| topic | UCTD Mindfulness Individual adaptability Work stress Aadaptive performance Well-being |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71700 |