Becker's Healthcare January 16, 2024
Erica Carbajal

Mindfulness apps, resilience training and other offerings that have become popular among employers over the past few years may not be the right approach to improving employee well-being, according to findings from a new survey led by a researcher at Oxford University.

The findings were published Jan. 10 in Industrial Relations Journal and are based on survey data from more than 46,000 workers across 233 organizations in the U.K. Financial and insurance service employees, younger workers and women were slightly overrepresented.

William Fleming, PhD, the study author and fellow at Oxford University’s Wellbeing Research Center, compared data from those who participate in workplace wellbeing intervention with those who did not. His analysis found that digital wellness solutions, massage...

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