The Impact of Dispositional Mindfulness on Work-Related Stress and Employee Burnout: A Meta-Analytic Review

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• Personal Author:
  Allen, James ; Mesmer-Magnus J ; Viswesvaran C
• Description:
  Objective: Mindfulness has long been believed to be a construct of importance (Conze, 1956). However, until recently mindfulness was generally overlooked by organizational researchers (Dane, 2011). The objective of this paper is to use meta-analytical techniques to determine the impact of mindfulness on work-related stress and burnout. Hypothesis 1: Higher mindfulness will decrease employees perceptions of work-related stress. Hypothesis 2: Higher mindfulness will decrease employee burnout. Methods: A literature search was performed using Psycinfo, Proquest Dissertations and Abstracts, Google Scholar and Business Source Premier using the search terms: "mindfulness", "burnout" and "stress". The study was included if (a) an overall measure of mindfulness provided (b) the burnout or stress outcomes were work-related (c) correlations or statistics that could be converted into correlations were provided. The meta-analytical methods outlined by Rosenthal (1991) were used. Results: Mindfulness and work-related stress resulted in a k=9, n=1280. Mindfulness and burnout resulted in a k=5, n=596. Our analysis resulted in an effect size of rWM=-0.27 when assessing the relationship with mindfulness and work-related stress, providing support for hypothesis one. When assessing the relationship with mindfulness and burnout the analysis resulted in an effect size of rWM=-0.42, providing support for hypothesis two. Conclusion: Given the support of both hypotheses, the results of the meta-analysis suggest that dispositional mindfulness is related to employees perceiving less job-related stressors and being less susceptible to job-related burnout. The significant findings offer evidence that mindfulness could be an important variable of interest for organizational researchers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Mindfulness Burnout Employees Meta-analysis Stress Work-related Stress Work Environment Workers
• Publisher:
  University of South Florida (USF)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063795
• Citation:
  Sunshine ERC Research Poster Session/USF Health Research Day, February 21-23, 2013, Tampa, Florida. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida (USF), 2013 Feb; :6
• Contact Point Address:
  Josh Allen, Florida International University
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Sunshine ERC Research Poster Session/USF Health Research Day, February 21-23, 2013, Tampa, Florida
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dd54425641951d07e6ffc13c5ed3dc23f091e48f69dca20088afdcc00657a1719f851421f4f9f526727829b2e7e1d5cb1ca15d6a7d874c7350152a96d8e15152
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222348/cdc_222348_DS1.pdf
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