A Study to Explore the Relationship between Mindfulness and OCB in IT sector: An Indian Perspective

Background: Mindfulness can positively influence organization citizenship behavior, however work-place stress can negatively impact their relationship. Objective: The present study aims at finding the relationship between mindfulness and organization citizenship behavior and also explore the moderating effect of work-place stress on their relationship. Method: The present study surveyed 116 IT sector employees in India. Correlation and regression analysis are used to analyze the data. Results: The results states that there is an insignificant relation between mindfulness and OCB and workplace stress does not have a moderating effect on the relationship between OCB and mindfulness. Conclusion: Mindfulness has no significant impact on OCB which means that weather or not an employee is mindful he/she will indulge in pro-social behavior.