Research Article

Mindfulness and job performance: The mediating role of self-esteem

Volume: 36 Number: 4 October 15, 2022
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Mindfulness and job performance: The mediating role of self-esteem

Abstract

Mindfulness is being aware of the moment in a nonjudgmental, accepting, and gentle way. Self- esteem is one’s belief in his/her own value. Job performance refers to the effort of an employee in his/her job. The purpose of this study is to observe the role of mindfulness on the job performance levels of employees through their self-esteem. The survey method was applied to collecting data from 394 academicians working at 4 universities in Turkey. Regression analysis was conducted to measure the direct impacts of the proposed relationships. Within the model, Sobel test and bootstrapping method were utilized for measuring the indirect impacts. Findings reveal that mindfulness enhances self-esteem which is positively related to job performance. Further, the study results indicate that self-esteem acts as a mediating variable in the mindfulness–job performance relationship. This research is one of the scarce efforts to evaluate the linkage of mindfulness and job performance via self-esteem. The results underpin the positive orienta- tion theory, self-consistency theory, and learned helplessness theory. According to the positive orientation theory, when employees have a positive orientation, this leads to positive and con- structive experiences. Based on the self-consistency theory, employees with high self-esteem can be more fulfilling and productive in their work. Finally, according to the learned helplessness theory, employees with positive self-evaluations are less likely to show motivational deficits such as withdrawing from task-oriented behaviors and reducing work effort, which may cause high job performance.

Keywords

Job performance , mindfulness , self-esteem

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APA
Aydoğmuş, C. (2022). Mindfulness and job performance: The mediating role of self-esteem. Trends in Business and Economics, 36(4), 315-324. https://doi.org/10.5152/TBE.2022.947362