Do Mindful Employees Fit Their Organization Well? A Mediating Model Through Temperance

Abstract

The study emphasizes the role of an individual's mindfulness and temperance in making employees fit their organizations by comparing the direct effect of mindfulness and its indirect effect through temperance on the employees' person–organization fit (P-O fit). Data were collected from 185 Indian employees working at managerial positions in manufacturing and service industries through an online questionnaire in a cross-sectional research design. Structure equation modelling (SEM) was used to test the associations, and it was observed that mindfulness among employees is positively related to their P-O fit. Similarly, employees' temperance is also positively associated with their P-O fit. Furthermore, it is observed that temperance acts as a partial mediator between mindfulness and P-O fit. Mindful employees would be more aware of their surroundings, making them aware of the values that the workplace demands. The same awareness would compel the employees to have temperance (self-control) to keep their values in line with organizational values. The study contributes to the virtue theory and the value congruence theory in the organizational context. This study recommends that the management promotes mindfulness and temperance among the employees through various interventions and new technological aids to promote the P-O fit of the employees. To the best of our knowledge, this original work has novelty to investigate the relationship of mindfulness with P-O fit, taking into account the role of temperance of the employee.

Citation

Khurana, R. and Rangnekar, S. (2023), "Do Mindful Employees Fit Their Organization Well? A Mediating Model Through Temperance", Misra, R.K., Shrivastava, A. and Sijoria, C. (Ed.) Technology, Management and Business (Advanced Series in Management, Vol. 31), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 109-125. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1877-636120230000031010