Workplace mindfulness: An integrative review of antecedents, mediators, and moderators

This article reviews organizational literature on workplace mindfulness, integrating findings from 32 selected studies into a framework. It identifies individual and workplace factors that influence workplace mindfulness, as well as mediating mechanisms and boundary conditions linking mindfulness to workplace outcomes. The review notes that prior research has focused on outcomes like well-being, relationships, and performance, but lacks integration of antecedents and moderators. The proposed framework organizes existing scholarship and highlights directions for future research, aiming to advance the emerging area of workplace mindfulness.

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Abstract

Abstract In recent years, research on and the practice of mindfulness have received greater attention in organizational scholarship. Much of the prior work in this area is directed at the workplace outcomes of mindfulness interventions in terms of employees' well-being, relationships, and performance. Meanwhile, there is an absence of work that integrates research findings concerning individual and workplace factors that affect workplace mindfulness and determine when and how they influence workplace outcomes. This article reviews current organizational literature concerning potential antecedents of workplace mindfulness as well as mediating mechanisms and boundary conditions of the relationship between workplace mindfulness and workplace outcomes. Based on 32 selected studies, an integrated framework of workplace mindfulness is developed, helping us to summarize the extant scholarship in this area. The framework provides a foundation for an emerging research area and outlines key directions for future research.