When helping hurts: understanding resource recovery in nonprofit workplaces

The present study examined the relationship between recovery experiences and strain within the nonprofit context, and identified the role that work calling, boundary permeability, and relaxation remorse had on recovery and the relationship between recovery and strain. Participants (n = 124 nonprofit workers and volunteers) completed a web-based survey that included questions related to their work-nonwork roles, personal recovery activities, and dimensions of strain. Regression-based analyses indicated effects of recovery on some strain outcomes and the effects of calling, boundary permeability, and relaxation remorse on recovery. Psychological detachment was most frequently related to strain in these models. Results failed to support calling, boundary permeability, or relaxation remorse as moderators of the relationship between strain and recovery, though plots from these analyses suggests trends toward support. These results expand the theoretical understanding of recovery and strain and may also assist nonprofit organizations in developing strategies and boundaries for effective employee recovery.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Waldron, Anna Laura

Contributors dc:contributor

• Black, Kristen Jennings, 1991-
• Cunningham, Christopher J. L.; O'Leary, Brian J.
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Nonprofit organizations--Employees
• Job stress

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/762

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1933