Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
May 3, 2018
Sophie Bostock, Alexandra D. Crosswell, Aric A Prather et al.
467 citations
A smartphone-based mindfulness meditation program improved psychological well-being, reduced job strain, and lowered perceptions of workplace stress among 238 healthy employees from two large UK companies. Participants were randomly assigned to use a meditation app with 10- to 20-minute guided sessions or to a wait-list control. Over eight weeks, those in the meditation group completed an average of 17 sessions and reported significant improvements in well-being, distress, job strain, and workplace social support compared to controls. A marginally significant decrease in workday systolic blood pressure was also observed. Positive effects on well-being and job strain persisted at a 16-week follow-up.
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
October 18, 2018
Jeremiah Slutsky, Brian Chin, Julianna Raye et al.
103 citations
A 6-week mindfulness training program improved attentional focus at work and reduced work-life conflict more than a half-day mindfulness seminar among employees of a midwestern marketing firm (n = 60). Both groups showed comparable improvements in job productivity, but the longer program yielded marginal improvement in job satisfaction. Small doses of mindfulness training may be sufficient for boosting perceived productivity, while longer programs are needed to enhance focus, satisfaction, and work-life balance.
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
February 1, 2024
Charlotte Hohnemann, Wladislaw Rivkin, Stefan Diestel
13 citations
A brief morning meditation before work can improve well-being later in the evening by fostering autonomous self-regulation and increasing the experience of flow at work. In a 10-day quasi-experimental study with 78 participants, a 10-minute mindfulness intervention during the final 5 days showed a positive indirect effect on subjective vitality in the evening through self-regulation and flow. However, the intervention did not indirectly affect vitality via effortful self-control. The findings clarify how mindfulness influences distinct regulatory processes that cross the boundary between work and home domains.
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
April 1, 2026
Charlotte Hohnemann, Vera M Schweitzer, Fabienne Aust et al.
A brief 7-minute evening mindfulness meditation improved next-day perspective taking—understanding others' viewpoints—which in turn boosted extra-role performance, in-role performance, and work engagement. 64 participants from various sectors in Germany took part in a 10-day within-person field experiment, receiving the mindfulness intervention on 5 days and an active control on the other days. The mindfulness intervention showed a positive effect on next-day perspective taking, while the control did not. The findings suggest that evening meditation can enhance understanding of others at work, improving performance and motivation.
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
February 1, 2019
Larissa Bartlett, Angela J. Martin, A. Neil et al.
Workplace mindfulness training produces small to moderate beneficial effects on mindfulness, stress, anxiety, psychological distress, well-being, and sleep, according to a meta-analysis of 23 randomized controlled trials. Effect sizes ranged from g = 0.26 for sleep to g = 0.69 for psychological distress. No reliable conclusions could be drawn for burnout (ambiguous results), depression (publication bias), or work performance (insufficient data). The authors consider how mindfulness might fit with job demands-resources, coping, and prevention theories of work stress, and they note limitations in study designs and reporting.