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The antecedents of proactive decision making, systematic decision making with awareness of specific goal, need to be investigated to predict the level of creativity in the hotel industry. Based on the existing literature, it is assumed that proactive decision making skills are influenced by socio-cognitive mindfulness which means pursuing novelty through flexibility and cognitive skills. Focused on the hotel employees, this study aims to investigate whether socio-cognitive mindfulness influences employee proactive decision making skills. The number of 211 cases was used for final analysis out of 250 cases surveyed. The results were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The study results firstly indicate the hotel employees’ novelty seeking makes a significantly positive influence on proactive decision making skills. Secondly, novelty producing partially influences proactive decision making skills. Thirdly, the hotel employees’ engagement makes a significant impact on proactive decision making skills. As a result, the hotel employees’ socio-cognitive mindfulness is the identified as a significant antecedent to explain the level of decision making in the hotel industry. Finally, theoretical and practical implications have been discussed.