The Influence of Culture, Community, and the Nested‐Self in the Stress Process: Advancing Conservation of Resources Theory
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Conservation of Resources (COR) theory predicts that resource loss is the principal ingredient in the stress process. Resource gain, in turn, is depicted as of increasing importance in the context of loss. Because resources are also used to prevent resource loss, at each stage of the stress process people are increasingly vulnerable to negative stress sequelae, that if ongoing result in rapid and impactful loss spirals. COR theory is seen as an alternative to appraisal‐based stress theories because it relies more centrally on the objective and culturally construed nature of the environment in determining the stress process, rather than the individual’s personal construel. COR theory has been successfully employed in predicting a range of stress outcomes in organisational settings, health contexts, following traumatic stress, and in the face of everyday stressors. Recent advances in understanding the biological, cognitive, and social bases of stress responding are seen as consistent with the original formulation of COR theory, but call for envisioning of COR theory and the stress process within a more collectivist backdrop than was first posited. The role of both resource losses and gains in predicting positive stress outcomes is also considered. Finally, the limitations and applications of COR theory are discussed.
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Individuals who experience resource depletion may adopt self-defense strategies to preserve their remaining resources.
“According to the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, individuals who experience resource depletion may adopt self-defense strategies to preserve their remaining resources [35].”
From Narcissistic leadership, workplace bullying, turnover intention, and creative performance: a study of nurses (2025) · cites this paper as [35]
According to the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, nurses subjected to high job demands such as negative or unsupportive leadership may experience strain that can lead to workplace bullying.
“The Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model suggests that when nurses are subjected to high job demands—such as working under a negative or unsupportive leadership style—they may experience strain that can lead to counterproductive behaviors such as workplace bullying (refer to 35).”
From Narcissistic leadership, workplace bullying, turnover intention, and creative performance: a study of nurses (2025) · cites this paper as [35]
Workplace stress arises when individuals confront the potential loss of resources, experience resource depletion, and allocate resources without achieving the anticipated returns.
“Workplace stress arises when individuals (a) confront the potential loss of resources, (b) experience resource depletion, and (c) allocate resources without achieving the anticipated returns [35].”
From Narcissistic leadership, workplace bullying, turnover intention, and creative performance: a study of nurses (2025) · cites this paper as [35]
Under conditions of low career adaptability, the meta-capacities required to externalize beliefs into high engagement are insufficient, thereby limiting the conversion efficiency of the beliefs-work engagement link.
“Conservation of Resources Theory (Hobfoll, 2001) further predicts that under conditions of low career adaptability, the meta-capacities required to externalize beliefs into high engagement are insufficient, thereby limiting the conversion efficiency of the beliefs–work engagement link (Haenggli and Hirschi, 2020)”
From Teaching beliefs and wellbeing among primary school teachers: a moderated mediation of work engagement and career adaptability (2026) · cites this paper as Hobfoll, 2001
Teaching beliefs constitute a guiding personal resource, whereas career adaptability is a "meta-resource" that governs the capacity to mobilize resources.
“teaching beliefs constitute a guiding personal resource, whereas career adaptability is a “meta-resource” that governs the capacity to mobilize resources”
From Teaching beliefs and wellbeing among primary school teachers: a moderated mediation of work engagement and career adaptability (2026) · cites this paper as Hobfoll, 2001
A central principle of conservation of resources theory is resource investment: people actively put resources into actions meant to recover from past losses or to obtain more resources, creating positive gain spirals.
“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).”
From Work hard or play hard: the effect of leisure crafting on opportunity recognition and venture performance (2023) · cites this paper as Hobfoll, 2001
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- Authors
- Hobfoll, S. E.
- Affiliations
- Kent State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hobfoll, Stevan E.
- ORCID
- Hobfoll, Stevan E.
- Venue
- Applied Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2001-07
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 337-421
- ISSN
- 0269-994X (ISSN-L)
- 1464-0597
- OpenAlex
- W2048385562
- Cited by
- 7,139
- References
- 8
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- FWCI
- 25.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
- Keywords
- conservation of resources theory, stress process, resource loss, resource gain, culture, community, collectivism
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