Moral Development at the Workplace through Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation: A Grounded Theory Study
Himanshu Dhaka, Rajen K. Gupta, Tanuja Sharma
Business Perspectives and Research December 7, 2022 DOI: 10.1177/22785337221132612 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Qualitative study (constructivist grounded theory) Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Practitioners of Buddhist mindfulness meditation in the workplace |
| Intervention | Buddhist mindfulness meditation |
| Topics | Buddhism Meditation |
| Key findings | The authors propose that Buddhist mindfulness meditation supports ethical temperament at work through three mechanisms, helping practitioners pursue a spiritually grounded moral purpose, resist temptations and pressures against moral action, and become more sensitive to others' wellbeing. They identify six elements of the meditation practice underlying these effects. |
Abstract
This study aims to examine how Buddhist mindfulness meditation influences the ethical temperament of its practitioner at the workplace. By adopting a constructivist grounded theory approach, we found six elements of Buddhist mindfulness meditation and three mechanisms underlying the ethical temperament of the participants at the workplace. Our findings suggest that Buddhist mindfulness meditation helps practitioners pursue a spiritual purpose guided by moral principles. Moreover, it helps them to overcome temptations and pressures against moral actions and makes them sensitive to the wellbeing of others. This study advances the literature of Buddhist principles and workplace ethics by identifying the mechanism of ethical behavior at the workplace influenced by mindfulness meditation.
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| Anger regulation in traumatized Cambodian refugees: the perspectives of Buddhist monks. Buddhist Cambodian monks in Massachusetts | 2011 | Qualitative study | n = 6 |
| The Lived Experiences of Experienced Vipassana Mahasi Meditators: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Experienced Vipassana Mahasi meditators | 2018 | Qualitative study |
Citations in the library
Cites 3
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- Mindfulness, by any other name…: trials and tribulations of sati in western psychology and science Contemporary Buddhism May 1, 2011
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Workplace Mindfulness Training Randomized Controlled Trials Journal of Occupational Health Psychology February 1, 2019