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Minding the Gap: Extending Mindfulness to Safety-Critical Occupations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2015

Kelli E. Huber ,
Sarah E. Hill  and
Stephanie M. Merritt
Kelli E. Huber*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Sciences, The University of Missouri—St. Louis
Sarah E. Hill
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Sciences, The University of Missouri—St. Louis
Stephanie M. Merritt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Sciences, The University of Missouri—St. Louis
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Kelli E. Huber, Department of Psychological Sciences, The University of Missouri—St. Louis, 421 Stadler Hall, One University Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63121-4499. E-mail: [email protected]
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In their focal article, Hyland, Lee, and Mills (2015) discuss several potential areas in which mindfulness interventions may improve work performance. Some of these include creativity and sales performance (Chaskalson, 2011; Seligman, 2006). We agree that future research should continue to examine the potential benefits of mindfulness and propose an additional domain in which mindfulness interventions may be particularly beneficial: safety performance.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , December 2015 , pp. 699 - 705
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2015 

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