Helping employees reach a transcendent state: The role of mindfulness and meaningful work
Development and Learning in Organizations
ISSN: 1477-7282
Article publication date: 18 January 2021
Issue publication date: 21 July 2021
Abstract
Purpose
Pressures and uncertainties within today’s work environment leaves many people experiencing higher levels of anxiety and stress. The negative impact on motivation can be addressed if organizations take measures to increase mindfulness and make work more meaningful so that employees become reinvigorated and more enthusiastic towards work tasks.
Design/methodology/approach
This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.
Findings
Pressures and uncertainties within today’s work environment leaves many people experiencing higher levels of anxiety and stress. The negative impact on motivation can be addressed if organizations take measures to increase mindfulness and make work more meaningful so that employees become reinvigorated and more enthusiastic towards work tasks.
Originality/value
The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.
Keywords
Citation
(2021), "Helping employees reach a transcendent state: The role of mindfulness and meaningful work", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 35 No. 5, pp. 37-39. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-11-2020-0221
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited