Mindfulness Can Make You Happy-and-Productive: A Mindfulness Controlled Trial and Its Effects on Happiness, Work Engagement and Performance

Cristián Coo () and Marisa Salanova
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Cristián Coo: Universitat Jaume I
Marisa Salanova: Universitat Jaume I

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2018, vol. 19, issue 6, No 8, 1711 pages

Abstract: Abstract A controlled trial of a Mindfulness Based Intervention (MBI) was conducted on a big Spanish public hospital. The intervention program was offered to the staff as an initiative to promote psychosocial health of workers. Nineteen employees participated of the program, which consisted in three 150-min sessions and other fifteen employees acted as a control group in a waiting-list format. Pre–Post evaluations of Mindfulness, Work Engagement, Happiness and Performance where taken and the data analysis suggests that the intervention program was successful in boosting the existing levels of all the evaluated variables. The practical implications of these findings suggest that shorter versions of traditional MBI programs could be an effective Healthy Organizational Practice to boost happiness and performance among healthcare professionals.

Keywords: Mindfulness; Work engagement; Happiness; Performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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