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Tamara Dawn Afifi is a communications scholar who focuses on topics such as family communication, stress, and communication. She is one of the creators of the Theory of Resilience and Relational Load (TRRL) and is currently a professor in the department of communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the editor of Communication Monographs. [1]
Michael Ungar (born June 18, 1963, in Montreal, Canada) is a researcher in the field of social and psychological resilience and is Principal Investigator for the Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Canada, where he is a professor at the School of Social Work, a post that he has held since 2001.
Resilience – Is defined in Positive Psychology as a positive way of coping with adversity or distress. In organizational aspect, it is defined as an ability to recuperate from stress, conflict, failure, change or increase in responsibility. Optimism – was defined by Seligman by Attribution theory (Fritz Heider, 1958). An Optimistic person ...
Vigor is characterized by high levels of energy and mental resilience while working, the willingness to invest effort in one's work, and persistence even in the face of difficulties; dedication by being strongly involved in one's work, and experiencing a sense of significance, enthusiasm, inspiration, pride, and challenge; and absorption by ...
The theory addresses how organizations reduce equivocality, or uncertainty through a process of information collection, management and use. However, the goal of Weick was not to eradicate ambiguity, rather work alongside it, because it is a necessary aspect of growth.
Participants in our study read about a hypothetical situation describing a peer who was much better off than the participants—they lived in a nicer house, had more romantic success, and were ...
Resilience in art, the property of artwork to remain relevant over changing times; Resilience (organizational), the ability of a system to withstand changes in its environment and still function
In human resources, career cushioning refers to employees who discreetly upskill and network as a contingency plan in the event of job loss. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Career cushioning may involved getting certifications, expanding professional networks, updating resumes and profiles, and discretely applying to alternative jobs.