Sonnentag, Sabine; Meier, Laurenz L. - In: Journal of management scientific reports : JOMSR 2 (2024) 2, pp. 154-167
In this editorial, we discuss approaches to the empirical test of gain and loss cycles as described within Hobfoll's conservation of resources theory (COR). We present COR theory's basic assumptions about gain and loss cycles and critically discuss typical empirical studies that aim at testing...