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What Do We Really Know About the Effects of Mindfulness-Based Training in the Workplace?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2015

Tammy D. Allen ,
Lillian T. Eby ,
Kate M. Conley ,
Rachel L. Williamson ,
Victor S. Mancini  and
Melissa E. Mitchell
Tammy D. Allen*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida
Lillian T. Eby
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia
Kate M. Conley
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia
Rachel L. Williamson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia
Victor S. Mancini
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida
Melissa E. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Tammy D. Allen, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620. E-mail: tallen@mail.usf.edu
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In an attempt to distill what we know about the effects of workplace mindfulness-based training, Hyland, Lee, and Mills (2015) cast a wide net with regard to the array of studies included in their review. For example, they include studies that investigate the benefits associated with workplace mindfulness training (e.g., Wolever et al., 2012) as well as training conducted for patients within primary care settings (e.g., Allen, Bromley, Kuyken, & Sonnenberg, 2009). In addition, their review includes studies based on self-reports of individual differences in mindfulness traits/skills (e.g., Hafenbrack, Kinias, & Barsade, 2014). Reviewing a broad cross-section of research is helpful to illustrate the wide-ranging nature of mindfulness research but also has the potential to obfuscate what we know about mindfulness as it pertains to workers and workplaces.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , December 2015 , pp. 652 - 661
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2015 

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