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Kay, A.K., & Skarlicki, D.P. (2020). Cultivating a conflict-positive workplace: How mindfulness facilitates constructive conflict management. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 159, 8-20.
As the workplace continues to make demands for change and improvement for efficiencies, conflict is a regular part of the work experience. Kay and Skarlicki (2020) provide a discussion of how to use mindfulness training to turn conflict into opportunities to make refinements and to improve working conditions and practices. As with Week 1, the topic of mindfulness again appears as a crucial experience in the administrative or managerial roles.

der Kinderen, S., Valk, A., Khapova, S. N., & Tims, M. (2020). Facilitating Eudaimonic well-being in mental health care organizations: The role of servant leadership and workplace civility climate. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(4), 1173.
de Kinderen and colleagues (2020) discuss a current “hot topic” within the mental health system as it is presently demanding more of providers as organizations maximize productivity, creating more challenging work conditions. Being a true servant leader is a commitment to remaining dynamic, well-informed, and committed to the mission and the people who comprise an organization. While the budget and policy adherence are both important, people who work the “front lines” feel the stress.

Tinland, A., Leclerc, L., Loubière, S., Mougeot, F., Greacen, T., Pontier, M., Franck, N., Lançon, C., Boucekine, M., & Auquier, P. (2019). Psychiatric advance directives for people living with schizophrenia, bipolar I disorders, or schizoaffective disorders: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial – DAiP study. BMC Psychiatry, 19(1): 1-13.
Tinland and colleagues (2019) present an interesting paper on psychiatric advanced directives for those with a serious mental illness. This is one of the numerous examples of where ethical considerations arise when working with patients.