Mindfulness and Workplace Spirituality
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mindfulness, workplace spirituality, meditation, human resource management, human resource development mindfulness workplace spirituality meditation human resource management human resource development
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The rapid change of society impacts organizations and individuals tremendously. Developing people to cope with the change and being able to drive the organizations’ success is very important, especially developing people from the inside-out approach focusing on mindfulness and spirituality. The aims of this article are to discuss 1) mindfulness in terms of academic and practice, 2) workplace spirituality which is a very new topic in Thailand, 3) the relationship between mindfulness and workplace spirituality, and 4) the suggestions for developing mindfulness and workplace spirituality in organizations. The researcher found that there is a gap to strengthen these two concepts in the management field by employing the qualitative research method and quasi-experimental design, and studying the antecedents of workplace spirituality. For the practical implementation, mindfulness techniques, for example, “guided landing” and “mindful break” can be applied to improved mindfulness at work. To promote workplace spirituality, the organizations should set the goals focusing on virtue, moral, ethics and stakeholders’ needs at the spiritual level. In addition, cultivating culture and enforcing human resource management practices should be aligned with the spiritual values. Last but not least, the leaders should act as the spiritual role model. The alignment of all important parts of the organization with spiritual values will ensure the sustainability of workplace spirituality.
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petchsawang, pawinee. (2020). Mindfulness and Workplace Spirituality. Journal of HR Intelligence, 15(1), 118–144. Retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/hri/article/view/190468
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