@inbook{a7b83623a73f4838a45d6eb755a0a9eb,
title = "Buddhist-enacted practices: implications for coping mechanisms in unprecedented times",
abstract = "Buddhist practices when transferred into organizational contexts tend to bear little resemblance to their original forms of practice, leading to misinterpretations of their characteristics of {\textquoteleft}universal{\textquoteright} adaptability. For example, the popular {\textquoteleft}mindfulness revolution{\textquoteright} in the business world has been criticized for reducing mindfulness practices to psychological traits and non-judgmental awareness. Such secular approaches do not represent the Buddhist ethics-based notion of {\textquoteleft}right mindfulness,{\textquoteright} which originates from the Noble Eightfold Path. This chapter takes a critical view of Buddhist-enacted practices in the workplace (e.g., right mindfulness, the Middle Way, skillful means, non-self) to highlight the need for these practices to be interpreted and managed more context-sensitively in organizational contexts. The chapter suggests ways to move forward and present implications for coping mechanisms in contemporary organizations in response to impermanence and crises.",
keywords = "Right mindfulness, Middle Way, Skillful means, Non-self, Coping mechanism, Crisis",
author = "Vu, {Mai Chi}",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-09540-5_3",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783031095399",
pages = "41--61",
editor = "Vu, {Mai Chi} and Nadia Singh and Nicholas Burton and Irene Chu",
booktitle = "Faith Traditions and Practices in the Workplace Volume II",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
address = "Australia",
edition = "1st",
}