MEDITATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL AMONG FACULTY MEMBERS: A THEORY-DRIVEN REVIEW OF WELL-BEING, ENGAGEMENT, AND PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES
Sreenivas Peddi, Neha Pandey
Journal of Management Studies April 7, 2026 DOI: 10.29121/shodhprabandhan.v3.i1.2026.78 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Education |
| Key points | Argues that meditation, especially mindfulness-based meditation, may enhance faculty psychological capital (hope, self-efficacy, resilience, optimism), indirectly improving work engagement and performance while directly supporting well-being; identifies methodological gaps and calls for meditation-based interventions in higher education. |
Abstract
This is a theoretical review of recent studies regarding the correlation between meditation and psychological capital (PsyCap) in regard to faculty members, with a particular emphasis on the well-being, work engagement, and performance outcomes in higher education. Faculty work has been described as involving high cognitive load, emotional work and long-term performance stress, which require effective individual resource-building processes. The paper is based on the conceptualization of meditation, especially mindfulness-based meditation, as a self-regulating and resource-boosting exercise that facilitates the growth of PsyCap elements, i.e. hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism (based on the contemporary research, 20212025). The review incorporates the findings of positive organizational behavior and occupational health theories to describe the role of meditation in affecting faculty engagement and performance indirectly via improved psychological capital and having direct impacts on well-being. Through the synthesis of scattered evidence, the paper explains how concepts are conceptually linked, the trends and gaps within the methodologies, and the importance of meditation-based interventions to sustainable development of faculties and effectiveness of institutions in higher education.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mechanisms of mindfulness | 2005 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |