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The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Leadership: How Mindfulness Practices Affect Leadership Practices
Author Info
Van Auken, James Anthony
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3024-9993
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1570457602679392
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2019, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to explore and understand the relationship between mindfulness practices and actual leadership practices. This qualitative study utilized narrative inquiry with phenomenological interviewing techniques to explore selective leaders who use mindfulness practices, and see how they used mindfulness in their leadership practice. Sixteen in-depth interviews were conducted and thematic analysis was utilized. Eleven themes were identified with multiple sub- and sub-sub-themes, including: “Personal, Internal Mindfulness Practice,” “Being Mindful Toward Self,” “Being Present with Others,” “Being Present with a Group,” “Mindful Shift of Focus/Attention,” “Emotional Intelligence,” “Buffering of Reactivity,” “Resilience and Recovery,” “Alignment,” “Improved Job Performance,” and “Mindful Leadership.” The participants described the ability to move into the present moment, gain discernment, choose a needed action, even if the best choice of action was not acting at all, and then remerge back to the present moment. Mindful leadership was found to be the ability to see oneself, others, the situation(s), the complexities and emotions at all levels (intra- and interpersonally), and then to step back, integrate it all, and with a humanistic approach—lead. A significant implication for leadership that this study may offer is that the simple practices of mindfulness can potentially ripple out through one’s life in ways that take shape as some of the best practices across multiple leadership theories and models. Practical applications were found on both an individual leader-level, such as with developing a humanistic approach; and an organizational leader-level, such as the value of mindful leadership training and coaching. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA: Antioch University Repository and Archive, http://aura.antioch.edu/ and Ohiolink ETD Center, https://etd.ohiolink.edu/
Committee
Lize (A.E.) Booysen, DBL (Committee Chair)
Jon Wergin, PhD (Committee Member)
Ron Cacioppe, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
161 p.
Subject Headings
Business Administration
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Business Education
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Education
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Higher Education
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Management
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Occupational Psychology
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Organizational Behavior
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Personal Relationships
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Psychology
Keywords
mindfulness
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mindful leadership
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leadership
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contemporary leadership demands
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narrative inquiry
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thematic analysis
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Van Auken, J. A. (2019).
The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Leadership: How Mindfulness Practices Affect Leadership Practices
[Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1570457602679392
APA Style (7th edition)
Van Auken, James.
The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Leadership: How Mindfulness Practices Affect Leadership Practices.
2019. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1570457602679392.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Van Auken, James. "The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Leadership: How Mindfulness Practices Affect Leadership Practices." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1570457602679392
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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This open access ETD is published by Antioch University and OhioLINK.