Mindfulness Meditation as an On-The-Spot Workplace Intervention |
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| Institution: | 1. McCallum Graduate School of Business, Bentley University, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA 02452, U.S.A.;2. Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 1W6, Canada;1. Division of Leadership, Management & Organisation, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave, S3-B2B-51, Singapore 639798, Singapore;2. Department of Human Resource Management, Temple University, Alter Hall 348, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA;3. Department of Management and Human Resources, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, 2100 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA;4. Department of Management, Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, N438 Business College Complex, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;5. Department of Management, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, C200 Benson Hall, Athens, GA 30602, USA;1. University of Economics and Law, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam;2. UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney, Kensington Campus, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia;3. Department of Marketing, Griffith University, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This article introduces the concept of mindfulness meditation as an on-the-spot intervention to be used in specific workplace situations. It presents a model of when, why, and how on-the-spot mindfulness meditation is likely to be helpful or harmful for aspects of job performance. The article begins with a brief review of the mindfulness literature and a rationale for why mindfulness could be used on-the-spot in the workplace. It then delineates consequences of on-the-spot mindfulness interventions on four aspects of job performance - escalation of commitment, counterproductive work behaviors, negotiation performance, and motivation to achieve goals. The article closes with three necessary conditions for an on-the-spot mindfulness intervention to be effectively used, as well as suggestions for how organizations, managers, and employees can facilitate the fulfillment of these necessary conditions. Possible negative consequences of mindfulness and which types of meditation to use are considered. Taken together, these arguments deepen our understanding of state mindfulness and introduce a new manner in which mindfulness can be used in the workplace. |
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