scholarly journals Conservation of Resources Theory: Technology and Caregiver Strain

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 468-468
Author(s):  
Shinduk Lee ◽  
Marcia Ory ◽  
Deborah Vollmer Dahlke ◽  
Tiffany Shubert ◽  
Steve Popovich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
Caregiver Strain ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Conservation Of Resources Theory ◽  
Care Recipients

Abstract Using the Conservation of Resources Theory, this study examined how caregiver strain was influenced by care recipients’ use of falls alert wearables. Online survey data from 486 unpaid caregivers for adults aged 50 and older were analyzed. Structural equation modeling was used to test the following hypotheses: (1) caregivers with fewer financial resources would engage in fewer resource conservation strategies (e.g., care recipients’ use of falls alert wearables); (2) resource conservation strategy engagement would be associated less resource loss; and (3) the effect of resource conservation strategies on caregiver strain would be less salient than the effect of resources used on caregiving (e.g., time and social support). The hypothesized model had a good model fit (CFI=.910), with SRMR (.060) and RMSEA (.062) being close to .05. All hypothesized paths were statistically-significant, except for the direct effect of using falls alert wearables on social support (p=.076) and caregiver strain (p=.135). As hypothesized, higher income was associated with greater likelihood of using falls alert wearables (b=.10, p>.022). Technology use was associated with less time spent on caregiving (b=-.16, p<.001) and had statistically-significant indirect effects on caregiver strain (b=-.03, p=.008). The total effect of using falls alert wearables (b=.04, p=.394) on caregiver strain was less powerful than the effect of time (b=.20, p<.001) or social support (b=-.28, p<.001). Study findings suggest the benefits of using falls alert wearables to alleviate time-related burdens and downstream caregiver strain among unpaid caregivers. Future efforts should investigate the relative advantage of wearables for other caregiving purposes.

scholarly journals Theorizing compassionate leadership from the case of Jacinda Ardern: Legitimacy, paradox and resource conservation

Leadership ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 174271502110552
Author(s):  
Ace V Simpson ◽  
Arménio Rego ◽  
Marco Berti ◽  
Stewart Clegg ◽  
Miguel Pina e Cunha
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Legitimacy Theory ◽  
Conservation Of Resources Theory ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
Paradox Theory

During times of suffering such as that inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic, compassion expressed by leaders helps to ease distress. Doing so, those in a position to provide resources that might facilitate coping and recovery are attentive to the situations of distress. Despite an abundance of leadership theorizing and models, there still is little academic literature on compassionate leadership. To address this limitation, we present an exploratory case study of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, someone widely recognized for her compassionate leadership and frequently described in paradoxical terms (e.g. ‘kind and strong’; embodying ‘steel and compassion’). We address her compassionate leadership through the lenses of paradox theory, legitimacy theory and conservation of resources theory. We contribute a heuristic framework that sees various types of legitimacy leveraged synergistically to build resources and alleviate suffering – providing further legitimacy in an upward spiral of compassionate leadership.

Supportive organizational climate: a moderated mediation model of workplace bullying and employee well-being

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aamir Hayat ◽  
Leila Afshari
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Support ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Perceived Organizational Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Conservation Of Resources Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeDrawing from conservation of resources theory, this study explores how perceived organizational support mitigates the adverse consequences of workplace bullying on employee well-being mediated through burnout.Design/methodology/approachThe data (N = 360) were collected from the hotel sector in Pakistan. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze the data.FindingsThe findings demonstrated that workplace bullying not only has a direct negative impact on employee well-being but it also indirectly leads to diminished employee well-being by increasing employee burnout. In addition, the findings confirmed the moderating role of perceived organizational support, revealing that perceived organizational support plays a mitigating role in linking workplace bullying to employee well-being and burnout. Employees who experience workplace bullying may compensate for the depletion of their cognitive resources if they feel supported by their organization.Practical implicationsThis study highlights the utility of managing workplace bullying to improve employee well-being and encourages human resource practitioners to develop policies that prevent workplace bullying.Originality/valueThe current research contributes to the validation of theory by examining the impact of workplace bullying on employee well-being in a cultural context with high power distance and subsequently, higher tolerance for workplace bullying. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this research is the first to investigate the moderating role of perceived organizational support on the meditated relationship between workplace bullying and employee well-being in Pakistan. Furthermore, the current study employs the conservation of resources theory to explore how employees obtain external resources such as organizational support to enhance their resource repository in handling workplace bullying.

scholarly journals How COVID-19 stress related to schooling and online learning affects adolescent depression and Internet gaming disorder: Testing Conservation of Resources theory with sex difference

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui She ◽  
Keiman Wong ◽  
Jiaxi Lin ◽  
Kinlong Leung ◽  
Youmin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Adolescent Depression ◽  
Internet Gaming Disorder ◽  
Academic Stress ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Conservation Of Resources Theory ◽  
Internet Gaming

Abstract Background and aims The COVID-19 pandemic poses a grim challenge to adolescents’ daily life, including schooling and learning, which has great impacts on their mental and behavioral health. This study aimed to test the roles of stress related to schooling and online learning during COVID-19 (COVID-19 stress) in depression and Internet gaming disorder (IGD) among adolescents and the potential mediators of social support, academic stress, and maladaptive emotion regulation based on the framework of Conservation of Resources theory. Sex differences in these associations were further examined. Methods A school-based survey was conducted among Chinese adolescents in 13 secondary schools in Hong Kong (n = 3,136) from September to November 2020 (48.1% males; mean age = 13.6 years old) using stratified random sampling. Results The prevalence of probable depression and IGD was 60% and 15%, respectively. Results of structural equation modeling indicated that the proposed model fit the data well (χ2/df = 7.77, CFI = 0.92, IFI = 0.92, RMSEA = 0.05). COVID-19 stress was positively and indirectly associated with both depression and IGD through social support, academic stress, and maladaptive emotion regulation. Multi-group analyses identified that the associations between COVID-19 stress and academic stress, between academic stress and depression, and between social support and depression were stronger among females compared to males. Discussion and conclusions Findings highlight the roles of academic stress, poor social support, maladaptive emotion regulation, and sex to understand how disruption and stress caused by COVID-19 increases adolescent depression and IGD. Psychosocial interventions based on these factors are highly warranted.

scholarly journals Does Inconsistent Social Support Matter? The Effects of Social Support on Work Absorption Through Relaxation at Work

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shan Xu ◽  
Youxin Zhang ◽  
Bingran Zhang ◽  
Tao Qing ◽  
Jiafei Jin
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Conservation Of Resources Theory ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Supervisor Behavior

Drawing upon the conservation of resources theory and social exchange theory, we examined the effects of family supportive supervisor behavior (FSSB) and family support (FS) on work absorption at the within- and between-person levels. A 10-day study of 91 workers using 710 observations was employed. At the within-person level, the results suggested that daily relaxation at work mediated the relationships between daily FS, daily shifts in FS, and daily work absorption. However, at the between-person level, the results revealed that chronic relaxation at work mediated the relation between the average level of FSSB/FS and chronic work absorption. We conclude that FSSB/FS plays a vital role in relaxation at work and work absorption at the within- and between-person levels.

Social support for academic entrepreneurship: definition and conceptual framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 619-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Gubbins ◽  
Denis Harrington ◽  
Peter Hines
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Conservation Of Resources Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Social Support Systems

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to draw on literature underpinning social support to explore individual level considerations when designing social support systems for academic entrepreneurs.Design/methodology/approachThe paper draws from literature in the fields of entrepreneurship, organisational support, stress and coping, and conservation of resources theory to conceptualise social support in an academic entrepreneurship setting.FindingsProvides an expanded definition and a framework of social support. The definition signals the complex nature of delivering social support by considering mechanisms through which the concept is operationalised. These include the content of social support, relationships it occurs within, mode of delivery of support and finally outcomes of such support. A social support influencer pentagram is presented of elements that, together, or separately may affect how individuals seek, receive or perceive support in the academic entrepreneurship context. The framework may also have implications for organisations in other contexts.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research should explore the content, delivery mode and timing of support sought and/or received and perceived as helpful and the types of relationships within which these might occur. The impact of this on academic entrepreneurship and variation of these inputs and outputs with respect to the types of actors involved should be considered. It underscores the need, in empirical research, for in-depth understanding of the context of each incident of support regardless of organisational context.Practical implicationsThis paper illustrates the challenges of designing a supportive culture and the conceptual contribution forewarns policy makers of the need to design multi-faceted, flexible and adaptive social support systems.Originality/valueThis paper seeks to establish the value and complex nature of social support as a medium to encourage academic entrepreneurship by providing a broader definition of social support and a framework of elements that may affect whether individuals seek, receive or perceive support within the academic entrepreneurship setting. To our knowledge, it is one of the first papers in an academic entrepreneurship setting which recognises the dual separate paths [based on stress and coping theory (Lazarus and Folkman, 1984) and conservation of resources theory (Hobfoll, 1989)] from the perception of support and the objective support itself to entrepreneurial outcomes. The proposed framework also seeks to contribute to a greater understanding of the ways in which social systems might influence the success of an individual academic’s entrepreneurial endeavours and those of others with whom they interact. It also contributes to the wider social support literature by providing a better understanding of how individuals might break resource loss spirals (Hobfoll et al., 2018).

The emergence of deviant behaviors in the physical work environment

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 1012-1026
Author(s):  
Pablo Zoghbi-Manrique-de-Lara ◽  
Maryamsadat Sharifiatashgah
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Personal Space ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Deviant Behaviors ◽  
Privacy Invasion

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, the relationship between crowding perceptions (i.e. employees’ perceptions of insufficient personal space due to offices’ physical constraints) and deviant workplace behaviors (DWBs) directed at both the organization as a whole (DWB-O) and individuals (DWB-I); and second, privacy invasion from supervisors and peers as a mediator. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 299 respondents working in open-plan offices at four medium-to-large sized IT-based companies. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, the paper suggests that under crowding conditions employees can perceive the physical workspace as a space-related resource that is threatened leading them to engage in DWBs out of a conservation strategy. Findings Structural equation modeling results significantly supported main effects of employees’ crowding perceptions on the two types of DWBs, with privacy invasion from supervisors and peers as full mediator. Research limitations/implications The study could suffer from mono-method/source bias, and specificities of the studied IT-based companies and their work can raise concerns about the generalizability of the results. Practical implications The findings indicate that a proper physical office arrangement can be a useful tool for managers in combating employee DWB. Originality/value To date, the origin of workplace deviance has mainly been investigated in terms of the psychosocial work environment; however, the physical labor conditions (i.e. the layout of buildings, furniture, workspace, air conditioning, workplace density, etc.) have received little systematic attention.

scholarly journals Lateralised attentional disruption and resource conservation in persistent depression and anhedonia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Bevan ◽  
Caitlin Hitchcock ◽  
Daniel Mitchell ◽  
Tim Dalgleish
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Sensory Information ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
Depressive Illness ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Central Feature ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Perceptual Sensitivity ◽  
Attentional Deficits

Anhedonia – a pervasive loss of interest or enjoyment in relation to previously valued stimuli - is a central feature of clinical depression. A series of studies investigated alterations in perceptual sensitivity and attention, and their relation to anhedonia, in participants with persistent depressive illness in comparison to healthy controls. Study 1 measured perceptual sensitivity in the somatic and auditory modalities while minimising attentional influences. Study 2 maximised attentional influences to assess their impact on perceptual sensitivity in the same modalities. Perceptual sensitivity did not differ between groups in either study. Both studies found evidence of lateralised attentional deficits suggestive of subtle left-sided neglect in the depressed samples. In both studies, lateralised attentional deficits were associated with anhedonia above and beyond depression severity. Study 3 demonstrated through simulation that a single lateralised attentional lapse model could predict the key outcomes in both empirical studies, and additionally demonstrated the plausibility of a resource conservation strategy as a data-generating process among depressed participants. In conclusion, the studies support the novel insight that anhedonia may be related to disruptions in brain networks subserving stimulus-driven attention, with a potential contribution of resource conservation strategies that reduce access to precise sensory information.

Resource Loss as a Predictor of Posttrauma Symptoms Among College Women Following the Mass Shooting at Virginia Tech

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 669-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Littleton ◽  
Amie Grills-Taquechel ◽  
Danny Axsom
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Virginia Tech ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Resource Loss ◽  
Mass Trauma ◽  
Mass Shooting ◽  
Support Resource

We examined risk factors for posttrauma symptomatology, 2 and 6 months following the April 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech. Using a conservation of resources framework and a Web-based survey methodology, we prospectively evaluated the relations among preshooting distress, social support, resource loss, and posttrauma symptomatology in a sample of 293 female students enrolled at the university at the time of the shootings. Structural equation modeling supported that preshooting social support and distress predicted resource loss postshooting. Resource loss predicted symptomatology 2 months and 6 months after the shooting. Implications of the results for research and intervention following mass trauma are discussed.

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