Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

12-2021

Abstract

Hardiness has been proven to help with the management of psychological stress. It is an important state-like personality dimension that individuals can develop to cope with stressors. However, there is currently insufficient understanding on why hardiness develops in people. Through an exploratory study based on 55 undergraduate university students who worked on an international consulting project in return for grades, this research examines the relationship between individuals’ hardiness components of commitment, control and challenge and hope components of willpower and waypower. It is found that individuals’ hope components may be positively related to specific hardiness components. This bears considerable theoretical and practical implications to hardiness research and the field of hardiness training respectively.

Keywords

Hardiness, Hope, Coping, Resilience

Discipline

Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Bouncing Back: Innovative Management in Turbulent Times: Proceedings of the 34th Annual Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference 2021, December 1-2, Virtual

First Page

383

Publisher

ANZAM

City or Country

Queensland, Australia

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