Work-Related Mental Health and Job Performance: Can Mindfulness Help?

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-137

  Van Gordon, William ^a,b,c   Shonin, Edo ^a,b,c   Zangeneh, Masood ^d   Griffiths, Mark D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Awake to Wisdom Centre for Meditation and Mindfulness Research   (United Kingdom)

^c Bodhayati School of Buddhism   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Job Performance; Meditation; Mindfulness; Occupational stress; Work addiction; Work related stress; Workaholism; Workplace wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899576154     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-014-9484-3     Document Type: Article

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