Mindfulness, or attention to and awareness of the present, has attracted increasing attention in organizational research. Three studies were conducted to understand the nature of mindfulness at trait-, team-, and state-level in organizational settings, respectively. Study 1 reveals how trait mindfulness and trait self-control jointly yet distinctively influence employees' response to coworker ostracism through a cognitive appraisal perspective beyond the self-regulation perspective. Study 2 aggregates mindfulness to the team level and examines the conflicting processes through which a group of mindful or less mindful members work together under a highly or lowly interdependent teamwork condition. Study 3 explores whether and how state mindfulness influences newcomers' state approa...[ Read more ]

Mindfulness, or attention to and awareness of the present, has attracted increasing attention in organizational research. Three studies were conducted to understand the nature of mindfulness at trait-, team-, and state-level in organizational settings, respectively. Study 1 reveals how trait mindfulness and trait self-control jointly yet distinctively influence employees' response to coworker ostracism through a cognitive appraisal perspective beyond the self-regulation perspective. Study 2 aggregates mindfulness to the team level and examines the conflicting processes through which a group of mindful or less mindful members work together under a highly or lowly interdependent teamwork condition. Study 3 explores whether and how state mindfulness influences newcomers' state approach/avoidance motivation, daily socialization behaviors, and state adaptation outcomes. This dissertation also offers an overview of mindfulness research in social psychology and organization studies (Chapter 1), and a comprehensive discussion of potential directions of mindfulness research in organizational settings (Chapter 5).

Keywords: mindfulness, cognitive appraisal, unconscious thought, approach/avoidance motivation, newcomer adaptation, team, daily diary