It’s so boring – or is it? Examining the role of mindfulness for work performance and attitudes in monotonous jobs

• Main Authors: WIHLER, Andreas, Hülsheger, Ute R., REB, Jochen, MENGES, Jochen I.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: boredom; mindfulness; monotonous jobs; task performance; job satisfaction; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6814; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7813/viewcontent/Mindfulness_JOOP_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We examine the role of employee mindfulness in the context of highly monotonous work conditions. Integrating research on task monotony with theorizing on mindfulness, we hypothesized that mindfulness is negatively associated with the extent to which employees feel generally bored by their jobs. We f...