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The Relationships among Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Subjective Well-Being: The Case of Employees in an International Business

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  • Feng-Hua Yang

    (Department of International Business Management, Da-Yeh University, Changhua County 515006, Taiwan)

  • Shih-Lin Tan

    (Ph.D. Program in Management, Da-Yeh University, Changhua County 515006, Taiwan)

  • Yuan-Lie Lin

    (Wende Elementary School, Banqiao District, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan)

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the relationships among mindfulness, self-compassion, and subjective well-being among employees. The questionnaire research method was used to collect data in this study, and the subjects included employees of Carrefour, an international business in Taiwan. A total of 629 valid questionnaires were used to evaluate the overall structure and analyze the mediating effect with the SPSS 21.0 statistical software. The results showed that mindfulness was positively related to subjective well-being, mindfulness was positively related to self-compassion, and self-compassion was positively related to subjective well-being. It was also found that self-compassion partially mediated the relationship between mindfulness and subjective well-being.

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  • Feng-Hua Yang & Shih-Lin Tan & Yuan-Lie Lin, 2022. "The Relationships among Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Subjective Well-Being: The Case of Employees in an International Business," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-16, April.
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