How Mindfulness Interventions Reduce Affective Rumination and Enhance Employee Creativity: Evidence from Daily Work-Life Experience Sampling

Affective rumination is pervasive among employees, particularly in the high-pressure context of the BANI era, and has detrimental effects on employees’ creativity. Identifying effective interventions to alleviate such rumination is therefore crucial. Drawing on data from 632 valid responses collected through the experience sampling method in three phases at FT Technology Company, this study explores the associations between mindfulness interventions, affective rumination, and employee creativity. Findings show mindfulness reduces rumination, which in turn boosts creativity. Perceived organizational support and hindrance time pressure moderate the mindfulness-rumination link, with organizational support strengthening the indirect effect. These findings offer theoretical contributions and practical insights for organizations on enhancing mindfulness training and stress management to promote creativity.