Mindfulness metacognitive practice that can be performed in the workplace. Drawing on the theory of conservation of resources, we test a moderated mediating model of how and when employee mindfulness has a positive effect on work engagement. Via analysis of data from 311 employees from 83 teams at different times, this study investigates the relationship between employee mindfulness and work engagement as well as the moderating effect of team mindfulness and the mediating effect of recovery level. The results from this multi-wave field study show that the mindfulness of the individual employee has a positive influence on work engagement and that recovery level plays a mediating role. Team mindfulness positively moderates the relationship between individual mindfulness and work engagement. This conclusion may bridge the relationship between mindfulness and work engagement theory.

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Followers have often been reported as recipients in previous leadership studies and have usually been associated with negative connotations. Drawing from self-determination theory (SDT) and social exchange theory, we argued that followers can be proactive and that followership behaviors are positively related to leader-follower relationships. The purpose of this study was to examine how followership behaviors promote job performance in terms of perceived supervisor support (PSS) and dyad tenure. Data from a three-wave survey of 219 leader-follower dyads in high-tech manufacturing firms were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results indicated that active engagement (AE) and independent critical thinking (ICT) were positively related to PSS and that PSS mediated the relationship between followership behaviors and job performance. Additionally, dyad tenure positively moderated the relationship between AE and PSS but negatively moderated the relationship between ICT and PSS. This study revealed that followers' support for leaders can encourage supervisor support, which may result in high job performance. Furthermore, considering the important roles of followers found in this study, leaders should endeavor to support and promote followership.

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