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Conservation of Resources in the Organizational Context: The Reality of Resources and Their Consequences

Hobfoll, Stevan E., Halbesleben, Jonathon, Neveu, Jean-Pierre, Westman, Mina·2018·Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Abstract

Over the past 30 years, conservation of resources (COR) theory has become one of the most widely cited theories in organizational psychology and organizational behavior. COR theory has been adopted across the many areas of the stress spectrum, from burnout to traumatic stress. Further attesting to the theory's centrality, COR theory is largely the basis for the more work-specific leading theory of organizational stress, namely the job demands-resources model. One of the major advantages of COR theory is its ability to make a wide range of specific hypotheses that are much broader than those offered by theories that focus on a single central resource, such as control, or that speak about resources in general. In this article, we will revisit the principles and corollaries of COR theory that inform those more specific hypotheses and will review research in organizational behavior that has relied on the theory.

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Authors
Hobfoll, S. E., Halbesleben, J., Neveu, J.-P., & Westman, M.
Affiliations
  • Rush University Medical Center (US)
  • University of Alabama (US)
  • Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (FR)
  • Tel Aviv University (IL)
Venue
Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
Published
2018-01-21
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
103-128
ISSN
  • 2327-0608 (ISSN-L)
  • 2327-0616
OpenAlex
W2625774310
Cited by
5,781
References
156
Citations by year
2026: 1377 · 2025: 1127 · 2024: 861 · 2023: 775 · 2022: 690 · 2021: 499 · 2020: 295 · 2019: 124 · 2018: 29
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24.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
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closed
Locations
  • Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
Keywords
conservation of resources theory, job demands-resources model, organizational stress, burnout, traumatic stress, resource constraints, resource control

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