The Role of Mindfulness in Employees Performance; Do Innovative behaviors mediate the link?

Muhammad  Ilyas; Muhammad Sualeh Khattak

doi:10.62270/jirms.vi.9

Authors

Muhammad Ilyas Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Hamdard University Islamabad Campus
Muhammad Sualeh Khattak Department of Business & Management Sciences, University of Lakki Marwat

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62270/jirms.vi.9

Keywords:

Mindfulness, Employees Performance, innovative behaviors

Abstract

Employee performance has been grabbed the attention of researchers for the last several decades. A variety of determinants have been suggested by previous literature in developing and developed economies. However, the role of Mindfulness and innovative work behavior has been received negligible courtesy. In particular, the mediating role of innovative work behavior between Mindfulness and employees’ performance has been remained untouched. This research fills the gap and tests the mediating role of innovative work behavior using a quantitative approach. To assess the model, we collected evidence through a survey from 150 employees working in Pakistani public and private organizations. The results show that mindfulness and innovative work behavior significantly contribute to employees’ performance in the sampled organizations. We further scrutinized that innovative work behavior significantly partially mediates the relationship between mindfulness and employees performance. This research encourages top management teams and HR managers to promote innovative work behavior in their organizations to sustain employee performance. Further implications have been stated.

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