Most of us spend a more time at the workplace than we spend at home on most days and that means we have to interact with our co-workers every day. While quarrels are unavoidable due to disagreements, a new study has shed light on the benefits of being mindful at the office. It suggests that when people are more mindful, it translates into mindful interactions and relationships which can help in making intentions clear, along with compassion and presence that can help build more harmonious and healthy organisations.

"An understanding of how individuals bring mindfulness with them to work, and how these practices may contribute to interaction and relationship quality, is especially relevant as work landscapes are ever-changing and interdependence is increasingly becoming the norm," said Christopher S. Reina, Ph.D., an associate professor of management and entrepreneurship in the VCU School of Business.