The mediating role of thriving: Mindfulness and contextual performance among Turkish nurses

The mediating role of thriving: Mindfulness and contextual performance among Turkish nurses

Aims To examine the role of thriving in the relationship between mindfulness and contextual performance. Background Thriving has been known as one of the most important components in the professional development of nurses. Previous studies have also shown that mindfulness and contextual performance...

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Published in:Journal of nursing management Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 175 - 184
Main Authors: Şahin, Safiye, Özcan, Neslihan, Babal, Reyhan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Hindawi Limited 01-01-2020
Subjects:
Contextual performance
Hospitals
learning
Mindfulness
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing administration
Professional development
thriving
vitality
Workplaces
thriving
learning
nurses
mindfulness
vitality
contextual performance
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Summary:Aims To examine the role of thriving in the relationship between mindfulness and contextual performance. Background Thriving has been known as one of the most important components in the professional development of nurses. Previous studies have also shown that mindfulness and contextual performance have an effective role in workplace. Yet, we still know relatively little about the underlying mechanisms that explain the relationship among mindfulness, thriving and contextual performance in a nursing context. Methods Data were collected from nurses from various hospitals in Turkey (N = 398). We used the structural equation model to test the mediation model. Results Empirical results indicate that thriving mediates the link between employee mindfulness and contextual performance. Conclusions This study contributes to the existing literature on thriving by explaining the mediating mechanisms through which mindfulness affects contextual performance and provides implications for practitioners by showing that employees with higher levels of mindfulness engage in more extra‐role behaviours when their thriving is high. Implications for Nursing Management Managers should pay attention to finding ways to improve mindfulness and thriving in organisations in order to increase nurses’ contextual performance.
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ISSN:0966-0429
1365-2834
DOI:10.1111/jonm.12911