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indicate that the construct of job control, or the ability that one has to choose their actions from multiple options at their job, is related to depersonalization and personal accomplishment. This study stated that COR is related to burnout in this way, but further studies should be conducted that use non-human service occupations.
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Other researchers such as Elliot and
Eisdorfer (1982) defined stress as specifically being the stimulus and not the response, which had been accepted by some of the scientific community. However, this theory is largely based on the homeostatic model of stress developed by Joseph McGrath (1970). It
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states that people will tend to invest resources in order to protect against resource loss, to recover from losses, and to gain resources. Within the context of coping, people will invest resources to prevent future resource losses. Resources can include "health, well-being, family, self-esteem, and
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Multiple meta-analyses have been conducted with COR, specifically related to burnout. One meta-analysis by Lee and
Ashforth (1996) examined the relationship between demand and resource correlates, behavioral and attitudinal correlate, and 3 different dimensions of job burnout. It used COR as the
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Job control and COR have been studied through a meta-analyses conducted by Park, Baiden, Jacob, & Wagner (2009). This study tested COR using all constructs involved in job control and burnout which included constructs of autonomy, authority, skill discretion, and decision latitude. Results
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In regards to general stress, research has explored how the loss of resources impacts the levels of one’s stress. COR has primarily been studied within the burnout and job fields, as the following meta-analyses will demonstrate. There is currently no meta-analyses on COR within other areas of
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occurred in three instances; when there was a threat of a loss of resources, an actual net loss of resources, and a lack of gained resources following the spending of resources or providing significant effort. From this perspective, resources are defined as things that one values, specifically
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This principles states that it is more harmful for individuals to lose resources compared to when there is a gain of resources. What this means is that a loss of pay will be more harmful than the same gain in pay would have been helpful.
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theory that describes the motivation that drives humans to both maintain their current resources and to pursue new resources. This theory was proposed by Dr. Stevan E. Hobfoll in 1989 as a way to expand on the literature of stress as a
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research has looked at how the distribution of one’s resources have affected their home life, with some articles finding that putting too much of one’s resources into one’s work may lead to family problems at home. Research into
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basis for this research and found that the primacy of resource loss principle is supported. It found that, over 58 sources, individuals tend to be sensitive to increased demands rather than resources received.
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and burnout has examined how the use of resources has impacted one’s mood, with recent research finding that emotional exhaustion had the strongest relationship with depressive symptoms.
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Halbesleben, J.R.; Harvey, J.; Bolino, M.C. (2009). "A conservation of resources view of the relationship between work engagement and work interference with family".
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Individuals with higher resources will be set up for gains in resources. Similarly, individuals with fewer resources are more likely to experience resource losses.
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Park, Hyung; Baiden, Mavis; Jacob, Annalyn C.; Wagner, Stephen H. (2009). "Job
Control and Burnout: A Meta-Analytic Test of the Conservation of Resources Model".
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Halbesleben, J.B.; Paustian-Underdal, S.C.; Westman, M (2014). "Getting to the "COR": Understanding the Role of
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a sense of purpose or meaning in life" as stated in the Annual Review of
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Neveu, Jean-Pierre (2007). "Jailed resources: Conservation of resources theory as applied to burnout among prison guards".
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COR covers two basic principles involving the protection of resources from being lost. The first principle is called the
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Lee, R.T.; Ashforth, B.E. (1996). "A meta-analytic examination of the correlates of the three dimensions of job burnout".
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Halbesleben, J.R. (2006). "Sources of support and burnout: a meta analytic test of the conservation of resources model".
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