What Does Meditation Contribute to Workplace? An Integrative Review

Abstract

Quality in the workforce is essential for organizational competitiveness, requiring human resource executives to develop programs in pursuit of business success: one such possibility is meditation. The current integrative review provides an overview of how meditation can contribute to life in the workplace. In analyzing 10 empirical studies carried out in North America, Europe, and Asia, it indicates the presence of individual and organizational dimensions, in that meditation not only benefits personal and mental health and social relationships, as well as the alleviation of role conflicts, but also benefits organizational innovativeness and development. These results point to future studies and reveal implications for practices related to integrating meditation into daily life and building mindful organizations.