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Employees who practice

mindfulness are more likely

to find their job stimulating

Employees who practice mindfulness
are less bored at work and less
likely to quit, according to a new
study. Researchers found that in
monotonous jobs, employees who
are more ‘mindful’ have greater job
satisfaction, are less likely to quit
and think their job is less boring.
The study, entitled “It’s so boring
– or is it? Examining the role of
mindfulness for work performance
and attitudes in monotonous jobs”,
has been published in the Journal
of Occupational and Organizational
Psychology and is co-authored by
Andreas Wihler of the University
of Exeter Business School, Ute
Regina Hülsheger of Maastricht
University, Jochen Reb of Singapore
Management University and
Jochen?Menges of the University
of Zurich and Cambridge Judge
Business School.

However, mindfulness was found to
boost the quality but not the quantity
of work, in what the study described
as a “double-edged sword” for task
performance in monotonous jobs.
The research was based on a study
of 174 blue-collar workers at a
Mexican manufacturing plant along

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