Mindfulness, emotional labor and mental health among employees from Volunteer Efforts for Developmental Concerns (VEDCO)
Abstract
The study aimed at studying the relationship between mindfulness, emotional labour and mental health of employees to establish the relationship between mindfulness, emotional labor and mental health among employees. Simple random sampling technique was used to draw a sample of 59 respondents from the population. Data was collected from respondents using a self-administered questionnaire and through statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) data was analysed. Descriptive statistics showed that majority were males 68.4% and were followed by females 31.6, majority of the population were aged between 18-30 years, 63.2. Results from correlation further indicated that there was a significant positive relationship between mindfulness and mental health, emotional labor and mental health were also significantly related and mindfulness and emotional labor were also positively related. The findings of the study provide several recommendations to administrators to administrators and managers of several organisations such as procedures that will be used as maturational guidelines for positive wellbeing and high employee performance.