PSYC 2801 Lecture 12: Lesson 12

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2801
• Professor: Bernadette Campbell

Document Summary

Gonzalezroma, & bakker, 2002, p. 74: vigor: high levels of energy while working. Resiliency: hero is psychological capital, hope. Important to the employee: are committed to the organization, benefits of proactivity for organizations, helps organization run more smoothly, proactive employees identify what needs o be don. Increases team productivity and cohesion: provide better costumer service, figuring out what it takes to hel out the costumer or client, benefits of proactivity for individuals. Increase in: energy levels, immune system, self-regulation, focus, decision-making, benefits of mindfulness at work, better job performance. Better decision-making: less reactive, less emotional exhaustion, greater empathy, more support, how mindfulness might work, reduces rumination, increases positive mood, increases self-regulation. Issues with mindfulness programs: watered down programs, need to be short because they cannot send people aware for long periods of training, poor training and implementation . Inexperiences people poorly implememtn the program and deliver less effective instruction.