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Yayın Improving employee coping capabilities amid pandemic-induced remote working conditions via the application of MBSR (Mindfulness-based stress reduction) training(Işık Üniversitesi, 2022-06-17) Yelkencioğlu, İhsan; Yüksel, Ahmet Hakan; Işık Üniversitesi, Lisansüstü Eğitim Enstitüsü, Çağdaş İşletme Yönetimi Doktora ProgramıRemote working has become an essential part of the work environment since the COVID-19 pandemic. The old habits of business life changed instantly. Accordingly, some challenges emerged for both organizations and employees in adapting to the new situation. These challenges have created stress among employees, affecting their personal lives and business lives. This study examines the perceived stress, well-being, self-awareness, self-efficacy, and resilience levels of remote-working employees in Turkey before and after the eight-week, online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program was implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic. For the implementation of the study, three groups of employees - all working remotely – were assembled. The first experimental group was 20 employees from an insurance company. The second experimental group was 14 employees from a beverage company. They all received the MBSR training, which was given by the author, for eight weeks. The third group was the control group of 33 employees from different sectors, and they did not receive any MBSR training. Before and after the MBSR program, a survey was conducted among both the control group and the experimental groups. In this current study, “The Perceived Stress Scale” was used to determine the stress level of the participants, “The WHO Well-being Scale” was used to determine the well-being level of the participants, “The Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale” was used to determine the self-awareness level of the participants, “The Brief Resilience Scale” was used to determine the resilience level of the participants, and “The General Self-efficacy Scale” was used to determine the self-efficacy level of the participants. The data collected from the surveys were evaluated through the IBM SPSS Statistics 25 program. The model employed by the research intends to indicate that there is a significant change in the perceived stress, self-awareness, self-efficacy, well-being, and resilience levels of those who received the MBSR training rather than in the levels of those who did not receive the MBSR training.Yayın Occupational stress and mindfulness: an empirical study(PressAcademia, 2022-06-30) Yelkencioğlu, İhsan; Yüksel, Ahmet HakanPurpose- There is a need for organizations to be innovative and keep on adapting to changes and new circumstances in today’s highly competitive world. Accordingly, some challenges emerged for both organizations and employees in adapting to the new situations as well as work-related daily routine tasks. Adaptation and coping capabilities of the employees have become an essential part of the work environment. These challenges have created stress among employees, affecting their personal lives and business lives. A concept of “Mindfulness” that enables people to be flexible and adaptable in adverse environments, and this, in turn, reduces people’s stress levels is used in business life as well. The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors affecting employees’ occupational stress and clarify their coping capabilities using mindfulness during turbulent times. Methodology- There are qualitative and quantitative studies about occupational stress and mindfulness in business and psychology disciplines. This research consists of an extensive literature review regarding the factors found in the literature, including stress and employee cooping capabilities in terms of mindfulness, and an empirical field study applied through an experimental group. They had an eight-week MBSR course and a survey applied before and after the training, in 2021. The data from the research was analyzed through the SPSS 25 program. Findings- According to literature, employees’ stress levels increased because of many factors like workload, time pressures and deadlines, extended working hours, work/family conflict, and an environment of uncertainty in general. On the other hand, in the literature, the factors affecting employees’ coping capabilities with stress are two crucial: employee well-being and resilience at work. The analyzed data from the experimental study supported the literature that mindfulness training reduces the stress level of employees while increasing their resilience and well-being levels. Conclusion- The study encourages Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs to be applied to employees during challenging times when there are high levels of uncertainty and stress. Experiential studies of mindfulness interventions demonstrate that mindfulness serves to reduce stress and improve well-being and resilience.
