Examining the Relationship Between School Mindfulness and Organizational Trust

Erkan Tabancalı,Gülay Öngel

doi:10.5539/ies.v13n6p14

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between organizational trust and school mindfulness. To achieve this purpose, a quantitative approach and relational design were preferred, and School Mindfulness Scale and Organizational Trust Scale were used as data collection tools. The study sample consisted of 495 participants working in public schools in İstanbul province. The data was evaluated using arithmetic mean, correlation and regression analysis. According to the results, trust in the principal and colleagues improves school mindfulness. Furthermore, trust in the principal increases the mindfulness of the school principal, while trust in colleagues enhances mindfulness among the faculty. It can therefore be said that school principals may prefer to strengthen organizational trust to increase the level of mindfulness within the school.

Highlights

1.1 Introduce the ProblemIndividuals’ thoughts, emotions and actions have an impact on the organization they work for (Brief & Weiss, 2002)
This study examined the impact of the sub-dimensions of organizational trust on school mindfulness, assuming that these sub-dimensions strengthen and develop mindfulness – an individual and organizational approach whereby principals and teachers are conscientious of their duties, open to novelties, committed to resilience, respectful of each other’s expertise, that they volunteer to collaborate and remain sensitive to all operations at school
School mindfulness consists of principal mindfulness and faculty mindfulness, which are related to each other and provide good content for an organization’s general mindfulness

Summary

Introduction

Individuals’ thoughts, emotions and actions have an impact on the organization they work for (Brief & Weiss, 2002). The mindfulness approach found a place for itself in management studies with a view to using humans’ potential for the benefit of organizations (Dane, 2011). Mindfulness leaves aside the static world view and represents an approach that produces positive results which would confer an advantage over previous convictions and assumptions. Enabling one to focus on the present moment, to be open to novelties and to perceive the differences between situations, mindfulness allows us to test previous assumptions in new situations. Mindfulness offers individuals the opportunity to function better and be more creative by exceeding their usual cognitive limits (Langer & Ngnoumen, 2017)

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