TY - JOUR

T1 - The impact of mindfulness on well-being and performance in the workplace

T2 - an inclusive systematic review of the empirical literature

AU - Lomas, Tim

AU - Medina, Juan Carlos

AU - Ivtzan, Itai

AU - Rupprecht, Silke

AU - Hart, Rona

AU - Eiroa-Orosa, Francisco José

PY - 2017/7/4

Y1 - 2017/7/4

N2 - Work can be demanding, imposing challenges that can be detrimental to the physical and mental health of workers. Efforts are therefore underway to develop practices and initiatives that may improve occupational well-being. These include interventions based on mindfulness meditation. This paper offers a systematic review of empirical studies featuring analyses of mindfulness in occupational contexts. Databases were reviewed from the start of records to January 2016. Eligibility criteria included experimental and correlative studies of mindfulness conducted in work settings, with a variety of well-being and performance measures. A total of 153 papers met the eligibility criteria and were included in the systematic review, comprising 12,571 participants. Mindfulness was generally associated with positive outcomes in relation to most measures. However, the quality of the studies was inconsistent, so further research is needed, particularly involving high-quality randomized control trials.

AB - Work can be demanding, imposing challenges that can be detrimental to the physical and mental health of workers. Efforts are therefore underway to develop practices and initiatives that may improve occupational well-being. These include interventions based on mindfulness meditation. This paper offers a systematic review of empirical studies featuring analyses of mindfulness in occupational contexts. Databases were reviewed from the start of records to January 2016. Eligibility criteria included experimental and correlative studies of mindfulness conducted in work settings, with a variety of well-being and performance measures. A total of 153 papers met the eligibility criteria and were included in the systematic review, comprising 12,571 participants. Mindfulness was generally associated with positive outcomes in relation to most measures. However, the quality of the studies was inconsistent, so further research is needed, particularly involving high-quality randomized control trials.

KW - meditation

KW - Mindfulness

KW - occupation

KW - systematic review

KW - well-being

KW - Health sciences

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85017603561&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/1359432X.2017.1308924

DO - 10.1080/1359432X.2017.1308924

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85017603561

VL - 26

SP - 492

EP - 513

JO - The European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

JF - The European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

SN - 1359-432X

IS - 4

ER -