ABSTRACT

Given the ever-growing interest in the benefits of mindfulness to organizations and the individuals who work in them, this Companion is a comprehensive primary reference work for mindfulness (including creativity and flow) in the workplace, including business, healthcare, and educational settings.

Research shows that mindfulness boosts creativity through greater insight, receptivity, and balance, and increases energy and a sense of wellbeing. This Companion traces the genesis and growth of this burgeoning field, tracks its application to the workplace, and suggests trends and future directions.

With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in business, leadership, psychology, healthcare, education, and other related fields, The Routledge Companion to Mindfulness at Work is an extensive reference work which will be a vital resource to the fields of management and organizational studies, human resource management, psychology, spirituality, cultural anthropology, and sociology. Each chapter will present a listing of key topics, a case or situation that illustrates the application of the themes, workplace lessons, and reflection questions.

part I|107 pages

Mapping the terrain of mindfulness at work

chapter 1|21 pages

Anatomy of mindfulness at work

Theoretical construct and practical applications

chapter 2|15 pages

Workplace mindfulness theory and research in review

A call for temporal investigations

chapter 3|15 pages

Metacognitive practice

Understanding mindfulness as repeated attempts to understand mindfulness

chapter 4|27 pages

A multidimensional conceptualization of mindfulness at work

Development and initial validation of the work mindfulness scale

chapter 5|27 pages

Workplace mindfulness

Individual-, group-, and organizational-level antecedents and consequences

part II|108 pages

Leading mindfully

chapter 6|13 pages

Sleepwalking versus mindfulness

A conscious leadership choice

chapter 9|19 pages

The universe’s doorway

Long-term mindfulness as a way to leadership

chapter 10|12 pages

Conversation in mindfulness

Leading self to lead others

part III|76 pages

Managing mindfully

chapter 13|17 pages

Being present is a present

Mindfulness as a strategy to manage interactions in work and non-work life

chapter 14|15 pages

More than meditation

How managers can effectively put the science of workplace mindfulness to work

chapter 15|14 pages

Workplace mindfulness

The role of human resource management in engendering a mindful workplace

chapter 16|13 pages

Why manage with insight?

A Buddhist view that goes beyond mindfulness 1

part IV|142 pages

Mindfulness-based learning and interventions

chapter 18|15 pages

Management education in turbulent times

Mindfulness in the classroom

chapter 19|23 pages

The state of mindfulness at top US public universities

A brief review and lessons learned

chapter 23|23 pages

Integrative knowledge

A mindful approach to science

chapter 24|13 pages

Mindfulness-based interventions in context

A case study of managers’ experiences and the role of the organizational environment

part V|169 pages

Creative and novel approaches to mindfulness

chapter 26|15 pages

Energy, joy, mindfulness, and engagement at work

A pilot study of an “Inner Engineering” approach

chapter 27|16 pages

Attention, reverence, and devotion

An Ignatian method for fostering mindfulness at work

chapter 28|15 pages

Practical steps for Christians to live out their faith at work

Mindfulness in practice

chapter 30|16 pages

Love, creativity, and mindfulness in international leaders

Qualities for a successful future world of work

chapter 34|19 pages

Doing Vipassana the Buddha’s way

A seeker’s immersion in mindfulness in life and leadership