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Mindfulness and Stress Reduction: Managing Workplace Stress

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We present an overview of the current state of research on mindfulness and its application to reducing stress in the workplace. From its Buddhist origin to its secular evolution, we consider the meditation component of mindfulness practice. We describe some proposed mechanisms of mindfulness practice that translate the operations of the mind into the physiology and affect thus enabling the practitioner decouple perception from reality. We briefly consider some theories of stress, consequences of workplace stress, the stressor-strain pathway, and potential entry points for mindfulness-based interventions in the workplace. This chapter also considers the different types of workplace mindfulness-based stress reduction interventions in terms of content, delivery, and duration. We conclude with some concerns about mindfulness and recommendations for future work.

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Ohu, E., Laguda, E., Ogunyemi, K. (2018). Mindfulness and Stress Reduction: Managing Workplace Stress. In: Dhiman, S., Roberts, G., Crossman, J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61929-3_7-1

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