Conservation of resources: A new attempt at conceptualizing stress

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“Conservation of resources theory (COR) (Hobfoll, 1989) can be used to understand the consequences of utilizing a servant leadership approach on the leaders themselves, and how the negative consequences can be mitigated and positive outcomes enhanced.”

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“Specifically, COR theory argues that individuals seek to gain resources (e.g.supportive work practices, supportive leaders, feedback) to protect against resource loss, with resource loss primarily being linked to negative outcomes (e.g.stress, burnout, mental illness).”

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“According to COR theory, high parental expectations function as chronic demands on the students’ psychological resources (such as time and emotional energy), elevating perceived stress and, ultimately, psychological distress [46].”

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“When students internalize high parental expectations, poor academic performance or setbacks can feel like personal failures, undermining their core self-worth [26].”

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“So far, the main theories used to explain sustainable careers have been conservation of resources theory (Hobfoll, 1989) and self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000).”

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“However, failed change can, as noted above, give employees the sense that they are not in control of what happens to them in their work environment.”

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“Furthermore, the loss of individual resources due to organizational change induces coping, which reduces the willingness to participate in future change, thus increasing change fatigue.”

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“These findings agree with the conservation of resources theory, which posits that excessive demands, such as a high workload, may deplete an individual’s resources, consequently leading to decreased wellbeing (Hobfoll, 1989).”

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“postulating that excessive demands can deplete an individual’s resources, potentially jeopardizing their overall wellbeing (Hobfoll, 1989).”

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“According to Hobfoll (1989) people strive to obtain, retain, protect and foster resources and when people develop a resource surplus, they are likely to experience positive well-being.”

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“In contrast, conservation of resources theory suggests that FTM may help preserve psychological well-being by mitigating the depletion of such resources.”

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“From the conservation of resources theory perspective, FTM can be seen as a personal resource that helps individuals protect and replenish their cognitive and emotional energy (Hobfoll, 1989).”

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“The link between D2 and D7 can also be framed through conservation of resources theory: high personal cost is consequential when it threatens or depletes valued emotional, social, material, or physical resources, whereas support and meaning may protect or rebuild those resources (29).”

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“A key tenet of COR theory revolves around the concept of resource investment, meaning that individuals proactively invest resources in behaviors targeted at overcoming previous resource losses or gaining additional resources, referred to as positive gain spirals (Halbesleben et al., 2014;Hobfoll, 1989;Hobfoll, 2001).”

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“COR theory posits that individuals are motivated to protect their current resources and acquire new resources (Hobfoll, 1989).”

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“Additionally, COR theory posits that individuals strive to acquire and conserve the resources needed to sustain success in their particular context (Hobfoll, 1989;Hobfoll et al., 2018).”

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“In line with COR theory and the SEMT, the capacity to store these resources is finite, so as one's reservoir of these resources becomes full, it becomes more difficult to continue to accumulate them (Hobfoll, 1989;Hobfoll et al., 2018;Spreitzer & Porath, 2013).”

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“The conservation of resources model proposes that when an individual is under pressure or threat, the strategy of introducing resources is usually employed as a buffer against the threat so that they can reach a state of conservation (Hobfoll, 1989; Hagger, 2015).”

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“resource conservation theory (Hobfoll, 1989; Park et al., 2014), which states that when individuals are in stressful or threatening situations (e.g., relative deprivation), strategies that introduce resources (e.g., trait mindfulness, a positive psychological resource) are often used to alleviate stress and threats to reduce individual health problems, including social anxiety (Chen et al., 2015).”

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“this result validates resource conservation theory (Hobfoll, 1989; Park et al., 2014)”

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“energy can be seen as a valued resource that people strive to retain, protect, and/or gain (Hobfoll 1989).”