TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding individual compassion in organizations
T2 - The role of appraisals and psychological flexibility
AU - Atkins, Paul W.B.
AU - Parker, Sharon K.
PY - 2012/1/10
Y1 - 2012/1/10
N2 - To enhance compassion in organizations, the processes by which compassion can be enhanced in individuals must be understood. We develop an expanded model of the components of compassionate responding that includes noticing, appraising, feeling, and acting. Using this model, we propose that psychological flexibility (mindfulness combined with values-directed action) contributes to enhancing the perceptual, cognitive, affective, and behavioral aspects of compassion. Specifically, mindfulness processes support the capacity to be compassionate while values processes motivate effort to engage in compassionate action. Training in psychological flexibility should be considered as one element of programs designed to increase organizational compassion.
AB - To enhance compassion in organizations, the processes by which compassion can be enhanced in individuals must be understood. We develop an expanded model of the components of compassionate responding that includes noticing, appraising, feeling, and acting. Using this model, we propose that psychological flexibility (mindfulness combined with values-directed action) contributes to enhancing the perceptual, cognitive, affective, and behavioral aspects of compassion. Specifically, mindfulness processes support the capacity to be compassionate while values processes motivate effort to engage in compassionate action. Training in psychological flexibility should be considered as one element of programs designed to increase organizational compassion.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878649126&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5465/amr.2010.0490
DO - 10.5465/amr.2010.0490
M3 - Article
SN - 0363-7425
VL - 37
SP - 524
EP - 546
JO - Academy of Management Review
JF - Academy of Management Review
IS - 4
ER -