Enhancing employee resilience through Eastern spirituality and Western scientific mindfulness

Employee resilience is closely linked to well-being, happiness, and workplace performance. Many studies have suggested a connection between mindfulness and employee resilience. However, a notable distinction arises between Eastern spiritual mindfulness and Western scientific mindfulness, prompting an investigation into the specific elements of each perspective that contribute to supporting employee resilience. This study aims to clarify whether Eastern mindfulness, characterized by awareness and attention, or Western mindfulness, characterized by qualities like novelty seeking, novelty producing, and engagement, exerts a more apparent influence on enhancing employee resilience. Furthermore, it seeks to explore any correlation between Eastern spiritual mindfulness and Western scientific mindfulness. This research employs a mixed-method approach utilizing critical incident analysis to gain profound insights of mindfulness perspectives. Furthermore, it applies structural equation modeling to rigorously examine the relationship between mindfulness and employee resilience. The findings reveal a positive association between Eastern and Western mindfulness. Surprisingly, while Eastern mindfulness does not directly impact on employee resilience positively, Western mindfulness demonstrates a favorable effect on employee resilience. Moreover, Western mindfulness emerges as a mediator in the relationship between Eastern mindfulness and employee resilience. This study contributes to both theoretical and practical realm of knowledge. Additionally, it acknowledges its limitations and offers recommendations for future research.

员工韧性与个体福祉、幸福感及职场绩效密切相关。诸多研究均已证实正念（mindfulness）与员工韧性之间存在关联。然而，东方灵性正念与西方科学正念之间存在显著差异，这促使本研究针对二者各自助力员工韧性提升的具体要素展开探究。本研究旨在厘清：以觉知与专注为核心特征的东方正念，与以求新、创新及投入为核心特质的西方正念，哪一种对提升员工韧性的促进作用更为显著。此外，本研究还旨在探究东方灵性正念与西方科学正念之间的相关性。本研究采用混合研究方法（mixed-method approach），结合关键事件分析法（critical incident analysis）以深入洞察两类正念的不同视角；同时运用结构方程模型（structural equation modeling）对正念与员工韧性之间的关系进行严谨检验。研究结果显示，东方正念与西方正念之间存在显著正相关关系。值得注意的是，东方正念并未对员工韧性产生直接正向促进作用，而西方正念则对员工韧性展现出积极的改善效果。此外，西方正念在东方正念与员工韧性的关系中发挥了中介作用。本研究在理论与实践两个层面均为相关领域的知识体系作出了贡献。此外，本研究还阐明了自身存在的局限性，并为未来相关研究提供了建议方向。