Mindfulness for performance and wellbeing in the police: Linking individual and organizational outcomes

Fitzhugh, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4135-8960, Michaelides, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4224-7728, Daniels, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8620-886X, Connolly, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6714-3493 and Nasamu, Emike (2024) Mindfulness for performance and wellbeing in the police: Linking individual and organizational outcomes. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 44 (3). pp. 566-590. ISSN 0734-371X

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Abstract

This article reports on the largest randomized control trial (with followup) to examine the effects of mindfulness among police officers and staff. The benefits of mindfulness for wellbeing are established, but less is known about long-term impact on employee wellbeing and the implications of individual outcomes at organizational level. In the RCT, both the wellbeing and performance of users of two mindfulness apps over 24 weeks improved as compared to a control group. In responding to calls for consideration of relevance alongside rigor in public administration field experiments, the study also investigated how a large-scale wellbeing intervention was implemented and applied cost-effectiveness methodology to link individual and organizational outcomes and demonstrate cost savings. This additional contextualization showed how to improve implementation of wellbeing interventions for public personnel and demonstrated a method for rigorously assessing whether interventions deliver on both an individual and organizational level.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Funding: This work was supported by the College of Policing, Innovate UK under Grant KTP011122 and the Economic and Social Research Council under Grant ES/N003586/1.
Uncontrolled Keywords: rct,apps,cost-effectiveness analysis,implementation,mindfulness,performance,police,productivity,wellbeing,public administration,organizational behavior and human resource management ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3321
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Employment Systems and Institutions
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 16 Dec 2022 10:32
Last Modified: 25 Sep 2024 17:01
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/90255
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X231155794

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