Self-compassion as an Emerging Determinant for Mental Health of Managers Gupta Vinod Kumar*, Singh Ashok Pratap** *ICMR Senior Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, B.H.U., Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. vkgupta.psychology89@gmail.com **Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, B.H.U., Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. apsbhu@gmail.com Online published on 12 May, 2017. Abstract Mental health plays an important role in enhancing the performance of managers as well as in achieving the goals of organization. There are many factors which determine mental health of managers. The aim of this review paper is to present an idea to explore the role of self-compassion as an emerging determinant in enhancing the mental health of managers. An inclusive search of published and grey literature was undertaken to present an idea of exploring the role of self-compassion in mental health of managers. In most of the studies self-compassion has been studied in the context of preventing mental illness (i.e. anxiety and depression) and in mental health care when individuals become victim of illness in terms of intervention to cope and decrease the level of illness. On the basis of theoretical grounds we can say that there is a lack of studies regarding the role of self-compassion in promoting the mental health of managers. There is a need of study related to this. Findings of such study will help in promoting the managers' mental health through enhancing their self-compassion which in turn will increase the productivity of organizations. Top Keywords Self-compassion, Mental health, Organization, Managers, and Productivity. Top |