Antecedents in Building Resilience: Extending Conservation of Resources Theory

This study empirically tests and theoretically examines the influence of two types of stressors on resilience. In doing so, it also considers the buffering effects of self-identification (work centrality) and two prevalent personal resources in the stress literature, one based on the contextual environment outside the organization (external social support) and one based on the contextual environment within the organizational (psychological safety) to this relationship. This study hypothesizes that the extent to which an employee self-identifies with work will influence the relationship between stressor (demands) and resilience. The relationship between stressor type and resilience is further examined by testing the effects of two personal resources linked theoretically to supporting the replenishment of resources to determine if they have different or similar levels of influence in developing the personal psychological resource of resilience.