TY - JOUR
T1 - Mindfulness in Organizations
T2 - A Cross-Level Review
AU - Sutcliffe, Kathleen M.
AU - Vogus, Timothy J.
AU - Dane, Erik
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In recent years, research on mindfulness has grown rapidly in organizational psychology and organizational behavior. Specifically, two bodies of research have emerged: One focuses on the intrapsychic processes of individual mindfulness and the other on the social processes of collective mindfulness. In this review we provide a pioneering, cross-level review of mindfulness in organizations and find that mindfulness is neither mysterious nor mystical, but rather can be reliably and validly measured, linked to an array of individual and organizational outcomes, and induced through meditative and nonmeditative practices and processes at the individual and collective levels. Our analysis of the combined literatures further reveals that although each literature is impressive, there is a significant need for multilevel mindfulness research that simultaneously examines individual and collective mindfulness and broadens its conception of context. This research agenda provides a more robust understanding of the antecedents, processes, and consequences of individual and collective mindfulness as well as more definitive evidence maximizing mindfulness and its benefits in practice.
AB - In recent years, research on mindfulness has grown rapidly in organizational psychology and organizational behavior. Specifically, two bodies of research have emerged: One focuses on the intrapsychic processes of individual mindfulness and the other on the social processes of collective mindfulness. In this review we provide a pioneering, cross-level review of mindfulness in organizations and find that mindfulness is neither mysterious nor mystical, but rather can be reliably and validly measured, linked to an array of individual and organizational outcomes, and induced through meditative and nonmeditative practices and processes at the individual and collective levels. Our analysis of the combined literatures further reveals that although each literature is impressive, there is a significant need for multilevel mindfulness research that simultaneously examines individual and collective mindfulness and broadens its conception of context. This research agenda provides a more robust understanding of the antecedents, processes, and consequences of individual and collective mindfulness as well as more definitive evidence maximizing mindfulness and its benefits in practice.
KW - awareness
KW - collective mindfulness
KW - high-reliability
KW - mindfulness
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-041015-062531
DO - 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-041015-062531
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85044659006
SN - 2327-0608
VL - 3
SP - 55
EP - 81
JO - Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
JF - Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
ER -