Mindfulness at work: A critical re-view

In: Organization: the interdisciplinary journal of organization, theory and society, Volume 28, Issue 4, p. 531-554

Abstract

This article provides a critical re-view of the literature and studies of mindfulness at work. It offers a constructive and sympathetic yet also reflective and critical problematisation of the field. The re-view documents and examines the contributions of four different orientations towards mindfulness at work. These are as follows: individual mindfulness, collective mindfulness, individual wisdom and collective wisdom. Drawing on these contributions, the article makes the case for an 'anti-anti mindfulness'. It argues for the self-critical promotion of mindfulness as a vehicle for extending and promoting the insights of organisational studies.