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Meditation Awareness Training (MAT) for Work-related Wellbeing and Job Performance: A Randomised Controlled Trial 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Shonin, E.,Gordon, W.,Dunn, T. J.,Singh, N. N.,Griffiths, M. D.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Springer Science + Business Media
  • 출판년도2014
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
  • 발행사항Vol.12No.6[2014]_x000D_
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  • 소개/요약Due to its potential to concurrently improve work-related wellbeing (WRW) and job performance, occupational stakeholders are becoming increasingly interested in the applications of meditation. The present study conducted the first randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of meditation on outcomes relating to both WRW and job performance. Office-based middle-hierarchy managers (n = 152) received an eight-week meditation intervention (Meditation Awareness Training; MAT) or an active control intervention. MAT participants demonstrated significant and sustainable improvements (with strong effect sizes) over control-group participants in levels of work-related stress, job satisfaction, psychological distress, and employer-rated job performance. There are a number of novel implications: (i) meditation can effectuate a perceptual shift in how employees experience their work and psychological environment and may thus constitute a cost-effective WRW intervention, (ii) meditation-based (i.e., present-moment-focussed) working styles may be more effective than goal-based (i.e., future-orientated) working styles, and (iii) meditation may reduce the separation made by employees between their own interests and those of the organizations they work for. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)