TSA Original Paper 2 · Question 4 · Main Conclusion
SaveMeditation and mindfulness practices have become enormously popular in corporate settings, with companies offering meditation apps and mindfulness training to employees. Proponents claim these practices reduce stress and improve wellbeing. Research does show that meditation can lower stress levels in controlled studies. However, corporate mindfulness programmes do not genuinely improve worker wellbeing but rather serve employers' interests. When companies promote mindfulness, they are not addressing the actual sources of workplace stress: excessive workloads, job insecurity, and lack of control over working conditions. By teaching employees to accept difficult circumstances calmly, these programmes simply help people cope with unacceptable situations that should be changed. They locate the problem within individuals rather than in organisational structures, making workers more compliant without improving their actual working conditions. Which one of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the above argument?
Select the correct answer.