One key element of mindfulness is being of service to others, which fosters empathy among workers and provides a culture of compassion and satisfied employees. Serving others is often referred to as social mindfulness (Van Doesum, Lange, & Lange, 2013). Social mindfulness has four attributes; self-awareness, self-management, empathy awareness and relationship management. Self-awareness is defined as recognizing your own emotions and how you respond, knowing your strength and weaknesses, and possessing awareness of how you respond in different situations. Whereas self-management is managing emotions in a healthy way, being accepting of situations and individuals in the workplace. Empathy awareness understands the needs, and concerns of other
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Lastly, relationship management is developing and maintaining strong relationships and managing conflict (Emelander, 2013). Social mindfulness is described as “minding the needs and interests of others in a way that honors the idea that most people like to choose for themselves” (Van Doesum et al., 2013, p. 87). This requires a sense of benevolence and selflessness. An example of social mindfulness is as simple as not taking the last glazed donut when there are still other alternatives left to choose from (Van Doesum et al., 2013). It is also important to understand the consequences of our actions in such incidences. From a mindfulness standpoint, it is important to step back and realize that the actions one takes not only affects themselves but others around them. Emelander (2013), states that empathy awareness deals with feeling comfortable socially and recognizing the power dynamics in a group (Emelander, 2013). It is important to determine how empathy awareness will affect the entire group of individuals in a corporate …show more content…
The third study, (1c), (n=225), researchers evaluated a third variable to the previous studies, in considering that egotistical motives may be a consideration in individual’s decisions by way of making a favorable impression as a result of the choice they had made. “This would challenge the claim that mindfulness is inherently prosocial. In this study participants were told a) to imagine that the other would be informed of their decision, or, b) the other would not be informed of their decision. In order to be consistent with the other studies, the participant would be told a) be sure to keep the other person’s best interest in mind, b) to keep their own best interest in mind, or c) as the control group not to be informed at all. Using ANOVA analysis pairwise comparisons showed that other-oriented participants again, scored significantly higher (F(1, 217) = 94.66, p <.001) on social mindfulness behaviors. In regards to individuals either being told of their decisions or not being told of their decisions made in the study, there was no significance. Researchers conclude that a participant that does not choose what otherwise they may have otherwise impulsively chosen, that people were acting socially mindful and considerate of others when under perceived social pressure. Furthermore what makes social mindfulness “mindful” is that there is an incident of awareness associated with the act without any further evaluation
Lastly, relationship management is developing and maintaining strong relationships and managing conflict (Emelander, 2013). Social mindfulness is described as “minding the needs and interests of others in a way that honors the idea that most people like to choose for themselves” (Van Doesum et al., 2013, p. 87). This requires a sense of benevolence and selflessness. An example of social mindfulness is as simple as not taking the last glazed donut when there are still other alternatives left to choose from (Van Doesum et al., 2013). It is also important to understand the consequences of our actions in such incidences. From a mindfulness standpoint, it is important to step back and realize that the actions one takes not only affects themselves but others around them. Emelander (2013), states that empathy awareness deals with feeling comfortable socially and recognizing the power dynamics in a group (Emelander, 2013). It is important to determine how empathy awareness will affect the entire group of individuals in a corporate …show more content…
The third study, (1c), (n=225), researchers evaluated a third variable to the previous studies, in considering that egotistical motives may be a consideration in individual’s decisions by way of making a favorable impression as a result of the choice they had made. “This would challenge the claim that mindfulness is inherently prosocial. In this study participants were told a) to imagine that the other would be informed of their decision, or, b) the other would not be informed of their decision. In order to be consistent with the other studies, the participant would be told a) be sure to keep the other person’s best interest in mind, b) to keep their own best interest in mind, or c) as the control group not to be informed at all. Using ANOVA analysis pairwise comparisons showed that other-oriented participants again, scored significantly higher (F(1, 217) = 94.66, p <.001) on social mindfulness behaviors. In regards to individuals either being told of their decisions or not being told of their decisions made in the study, there was no significance. Researchers conclude that a participant that does not choose what otherwise they may have otherwise impulsively chosen, that people were acting socially mindful and considerate of others when under perceived social pressure. Furthermore what makes social mindfulness “mindful” is that there is an incident of awareness associated with the act without any further evaluation