While mindfulness originated in Buddhist teachings, the variant studied by Western psychologists and taught in corporations has been secularized. One might suspect that secularized mindfulness - a ...

Helping People by Being in the Present: Mindfulness Increases Prosocial Behavior

The Introspection Illusion

Mindfulness has grown from an obscure subject to an immensely popular topic that is associated with numerous performance, health, and well-being benefits in organizations. However, this growth in p...

A balanced view of mindfulness at work

People with high level of trait mindfulness are more likely to maintain an open and present-focused awareness and attention. Whereas a positive link between trait mindfulness and well-being has been established, its influence on real-world performance has not been fully addressed. In Study 1, we validated the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) in a Chinese sample (N = 294) and found that a two-dimensional solution (a presence factor and an acceptance factor) best fit the data. In Study 2, using this validated scale, we directly investigated the influence of trait mindfulness on task and safety performance. In a sample of 136 Chinese nuclear power plant operators, it was found that trait mindfulness interacted with task complexity to influence performance. For high-complexity-task holders (the control room operators), the presence factor was positively related to their task and safety performance; for the low-complexity-task holders (the field operators), the presence factor had no influence on safety performance but a negative influence on task performance. The acceptance factor did not have any meaningful influences. These results suggest that the benefit of being mindful outweighs its cost for complex but not simple tasks. Implications are discussed. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Task complexity matters: The influence of trait mindfulness on task and safety performance of nuclear power plant operators (vol 55, pg 433, 2013)

Positive psychology and human resource management: Building an HR architecture to support human flourishing

What do people mean when they talk about mindfulness

Well-Being at Work: A Balanced Approach to Positive Organizational Studies

As the last decade has seen a sharp increase in the interest of mindfulness in research and society in general, the popularization of mindfulness has received a complementary rise in criticisms suc...

Ellen Choi

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A balanced view of mindfulness at work

What do people mean when they talk about mindfulness

Well-Being at Work: A Balanced Approach to Positive Organizational Studies

A Balanced View of Mindfulness: Promoting High Performance and Well- Being at Work