The Effect of Mindfulness Training on Work-life Balance and Safety Behaviors of Employees of an Industrial Company in Ahvaz

The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of mindfulness training on work-life balance and safety behaviors in an industrial company in Ahvaz. This research was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The participants consisted of 40 employees who were selected through convenience sampling method; they were randomly assigned into the experimental and the control groups. The instruments included Work-life Balance questionnaire (Wong & Ko, 2009) and Safe Behaviors questionnaire (Saleh, 2010), which were administered to both groups in the pretest and posttest phases. The experimental group received the training intervention of mindfulness based on Cullen and Brito Pons’s (2015) model during eight 90-minute sessions. While the control group received no intervention. The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance using SPSS software (version 24). The results showed that mindfulness training led to an increase in work-life balance and safety behaviors in the experimental group compared to the control group. According to the obtained results, it was suggested that managers hold a mindfulness program and increase work-life balance, safety behaviors, and the psychological well-being of employees. Thus, long-term benefits to the entire organization and employees can be obtained.