THESIS
2017
Abstract
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...[
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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
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