Better to be mindful, optimistic, or both? : the interaction between optimism, mindfulness, and task engagement

Bunjak, Aldijana (avtor), Hafenbrack, Andrew (avtor), Černe, Matej (avtor), Arendt, Johannes F. W. (avtor)

This paper investigates the relationships between optimism, mindfulness, and task engagement. Specifically, we hypothesized that optimism, mindfulness, and their interaction would facilitate individuals’ task engagement. We tested our research model in four studies: two surveys among gig workers and two experiments. The results of the two surveys among gig workers indicated that optimism predicted higher task engagement, but trait mindfulness did not, and that a multiplicative interaction existed between high optimism and high mindfulness in stimulating task engagement. Our two experiments confirmed a significant interaction between optimism and induced state mindfulness and showed that the most engaging situation is being high in both mindfulness and optimism. Although optimism predicted task engagement, the experiments indicated that the effect of the state mindfulness manipulation was above and beyond that of optimism. Finally, we discuss the nuances of the interaction between optimism and mindfulness in predicting task engagement.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: organization, human capital, human resource management, mindfulness, optimism, task engagement
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: V tisku
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2022
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135966
• UDK: 331.108
• ISSN pri članku: 0963-1798
• DOI: 10.1111/joop.12389
• COBISS.SI-ID: 101662723
• Datum objave v RUL: 05.04.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Journal of occupational and organizational psychology
• Skrajšan naslov: J. occup. organ. psychol.
• Založnik: British Psychological Society, Wiley
• ISSN: 0963-1798
• COBISS.SI-ID: 12995170

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 25.03.2022

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: organizacija, človeški kapital, uporaba človeških zmogljivosti

Projekti

• Financer: EC - European Commission
• Program financ.: Erasmus Mundus Action 2
• Številka projekta: Project Basileus V Lot 7 Western Balkans

• Financer: Drugi - Drug financer ali več financerjev
• Program financ.: Ghent University, Belgium
• Številka projekta: 20130836