Search inside yourself: investigating the effects of a widely adopted mindfulness-at-work development program

Search inside yourself: investigating the effects of a widely adopted mindfulness-at-work development program Norian A. Caporale-Berkowitz, Brittany P. Boyer, Christopher J. Lyddy, Darren J. Good, Aaron B. Rochlen, Michael C. Parent International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp.593-604 Workplace mindfulness training has many benefits, but designing programs to reach a wide audience effectively and efficiently remains a challenge. The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of a widely adopted workplace mindfulness program on the mindfulness, active listening skill, emotional intelligence, and burnout of employees in a large, multinational internet company. The study sample included 123 employees across three company offices who completed the two‐day Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program. Data were collected using self‐report measures pre‐, post‐, and four‐weeks post‐intervention and were analyzed using paired samples t-tests. Significant increases were detected in mindfulness and the “awareness of emotion” components of emotional intelligence four weeks post-course. No significant changes were found in participants' self-reported levels of burnout, active listening skill or the “management of emotion” components of emotional intelligence. Teaching workplace mindfulness and emotional intelligence skills through a highly applied, condensed course format may be effective for increasin...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Source Type: research