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Introspective Leadership: How the Practice of Mindfulness (Satipatthāna) with Clear Comprehension (Sampajañña) from Early Buddhist Teachings Influences a Leader’s Self Perception and Approaches to Leadership
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- 자료유형학위논문
- 저자명Gamini Hewawasam
- 학회/출판사/기관명Benedictine University
- 출판년도2022
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기Doctor of Philosophy
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- 소개/요약The purpose of this qualitative action research is to explore how the practice of mindfulness/introversion of attention (Satipatthāna), with clear comprehension/introspection (Sampajañña), based on early Buddhist teachings, can influence a leader’s self-perception and approaches to leadership. In today’s global corporate culture, there is a fiercely growing demand to seek and implement mindfulness practices into global leadership roles in order to extract positive business outcomes. However, the current popular practice of mindfulness has overlooked essential aspects that are found in the original practice. In order to reap wholesome benefits from the practice of mindfulness in the modern corporate world, early Buddhist teachings about the practice of mindfulness with clear comprehension are crucial. This thesis will discuss early Buddhist teachings regarding Satipatthāna, especially from the Maha Satipatthāna Sutta. Mindfulness is identified as an activity that is consisted of two parts—intellectual and emotional. Its practice may help a leader gain insight towards the process of perception, rather than simply about the object the leader perceived. In order to reach the proper form of mindfulness with wholesome results, following the Supernormal Eightfold Way according to early Buddhist teachings is introduced, while maintaining religious neutrality. As a part of this study, a mindfulness workshop that was conducted over three months based on early Buddhist teachings was offered to 26 global leaders. The workshop was conducted by four Buddhist monks with decades of experience in practicing the original form of mindfulness. The study followed the action research methodology and data collected from the study were analyzed through the Gioia method (Gioia, Corley et al., 2013). During the workshop, it was observed that participants’leadership skills were developed through the practice of mindfulness based on early Buddhist teachings. This study analyzes and identifies the positive effects of the Supernormal Eightfold Way on leadership skills using the data gathered from the workshop. The study ends with a proposal to establish a research center (named ManoLead) focused on studying and practicing the original form of mindfulness.
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