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Can Heedful Interrelating Be a Self-empowering Approach to Thwart Maladaptive Workplace Functioning? An Integrative Literature Review

Title
Can Heedful Interrelating Be a Self-empowering Approach to Thwart Maladaptive Workplace Functioning? An Integrative Literature Review
Creator
Mammen, Asha Sara; Avanesh, Neetha Mary
Description
Maladaptive workplace functioning hinders task completion, work-goal attainment and collaborative interactions, thereby affecting the optimal utilisation of human capital, learning outcomes and organisational sustainability. By integrating self-determination theory, the theory of heedful interrelating and the socially embedded model of thriving at work, this study proposes a conceptual model as a self-empowering approach to thwart maladaptive functioning. A five-stage integrative literature review was conducted to examine the available knowledge base, critically review and synthesise selected literature on heedful interrelating to locate a knowledge gap and bring forth a new way of thinking to address employee workplace maladaptive functioning. A sample of ten empirical articles was consolidated to gauge the antecedents and outcomes of heedful interrelating. The originality of the study lies in bridging the dialectic gap of self-determination theory, introducing heed as a novel factor to the relatedness dimension and employing an intelligent review methodology to propose a practical workplace solution to maladaptive functioning. The Author(s) 2025.
Source
South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management;
Date
01-01-2025
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Subject
basic psychological needs; heedful interrelating; integrative literature review; Maladaptive workplace functioning; self-determination theory; thriving at work
Coverage
Mammen A.S., School of Business and Management, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Avanesh N.M., School of Business and Management, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India
Rights
Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library
Relation
ISSN: 23220937;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Article

Citation

Mammen, Asha Sara; Avanesh, Neetha Mary, “Can Heedful Interrelating Be a Self-empowering Approach to Thwart Maladaptive Workplace Functioning? An Integrative Literature Review,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 18, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/23190.

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