Leading Mindfully: Two Studies on the Influence of Supervisor Trait Mindfulness on Employee Well-Being and Performance

Mindfulness

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-45

  Reb, Jochen ^a   Narayanan, Jayanth ^b   Chaturvedi, Sankalp ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awareness; Leadership; Mindfulness; Need satisfaction; Performance; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893300832     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-012-0144-z     Document Type: Article

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