Estudio exploratorio cualitativo sobre una intervención piloto de mindfulness en una organización en Santiago de Chile

Abstract

Despite the great empirical evidence that has been built up about mindfulness benefits, it is not possible yet to arrange it into a coherent body of knowledge that allows to speak properly about a specific mindfulness area in organizations or mindful work. Literature points that there are a few investigations that record and assess the incorporation of these practices in organizations, which include a view that considers the organizational perspective. The following article aims to contribute in this area by bringing to light the qualitative results of a pilot intervention based on mindfulness, which was carried out with a group of people that belong to the same team in an organization in Santiago, Chile.

For this purpose the participants experience is explored by means of narrative methodology, according to which people organize their experience and give sense to it through narrations (White, & Epston, 1993). Also we wanted to know whether the transformative dimension of mindfulness practice could be reflected in the emergence of new narrations that help people visualize new possibilities to get on in their work.