identification and validation of symptoms and dimensions of organizational mindfulness in higher education

the main objective of this study is identification and validation of symptoms and dimensions of organizational mindfulness in higher education. this study is a mixed research, of explanatory sequential design, and in the area of applied research. research population of qualitative part includes scholars and academics of faculties of management from public universities located in tehran from which a sample of 14 was interviewed using semi-structured interviews. in quantitative part, a sample of 226 academics from management faculties operating in tehran were selected and organizational mindfulness instrument was used to collect research data in years 2014-2015. the sampling method in the qualitative part was based on snowball, whereas two-stage cluster sampling method was employed at the quantitative part of the research. analysis confirmed reliability and validity of the instrument. in qualitative part, to collect mindfulness indicators, content analysis and open coding method were used for purpose of data analysis. due to the nature of the study in quantitative part, the statistical methods used were exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. findings showed that organizational mindfulness consist of rapidity and agility, flexibility, accountability, conditional learning and development of recognition, trust and openness dimensions. results showed the need to encourage members for innovation and creativity, new skills and knowledge learning, acceptance of changes, attention to flexibility, encourage of risk-taking, improvement of education and services, and attention to very important consequences of mindfulness creation in organization.