Mindfulness in Organizations

 “Mindfulness is incredibly important to organizations because organizations are like organisms; they are alive, they are made up of people and if you are not aware of the various ways in which people’s mind expresses itself, then the organization can really get into some kind of mental space where no one is talking to anyone else and no one is really listening” (Kabat- Zinn, 2008)

Mindfulness has gained scientific validity in recent years in a huge number of scientific studies. These studies point to positive implications of mindfulness practice both on the personal level emotionally and physically and in terms of implications in the work area such as: interpersonal relationships, performance and commitment to the task. Despite the huge increase in the last decade in the number of studies examining the practice of mindfulness and its effects, no comprehensive study has been conducted examining the effect of the practice on the self-efficacy of employees. This is despite the huge contribution of the latter on the performance of the employees, on their ability to complete a task and on their success in various trainings. The study we conducted examined this effect. The hypothesis of the study was that there is a positive relationship between the practice of mindfulness and the self-indulgence index.