Impacts of Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation Skills on Job Satisfaction

Abstract

The most important thing is managing human resource which is the most precious capital of organizations effectively. And it’s only possible with employee focused Human Resource Management. Because all employees should be motivated and also expectations of employees should be taken into account. In this study, a number of factors affecting job satisfaction were examined, and it is tried to determine the relationships of job satisfaction with emotion regulation skills and mindfulness. This study was conducted on total 408 employees from both public and private sectors in Ankara. In this study, Job Satisfaction Scale, Emotion Regulation Scale, Toronto Mindfulness Scale and Integrative Self Knowledge Scale were used. It was found that education status and age variables, emotion reappraisal strategies, mindfulness and life satisfaction are significantly correlated with job satisfaction. The regression analysis revealed that education status, age, sector, work experience, mindfulness and life satisfaction significantly predicted job satisfaction.