Organizational stress and resilience. The role of internal resources

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Theoretical background. For military gendarmerie to survive potential threats to integrity, safety or their own lives, resilience is essential. Soldiers' ability to recover from job stress may also determine how well they can reintegrate into their families and communities after participating in high-risk missions without developing mental disorders or other behavioral problems. Stressors have the power to enhance or diminish resilience (Cavanaugh et al., 2000). Perceived self-efficacy has been found to play a key role in determining reactions to stress (Bandura, 1997). Also, the literature states that workplace stressors correlate negatively with work engagement (Podsakoff et al., 2007). Methodology. The research was carried out on a number of 214 gendarmerie military personnel, who completed self-report questionnaires regarding organizational stress, resilience, work commitment and perceived self-efficacy. This a cross-sectional correlational study of the relationship between perceived organizational stress and resilience. Moreover, the mediating role of perceived self-efficacy and commitment work was examined. Results. Stress has a significant negative effect on resilience. Perceived self-efficacy and commitment work acts as mediators of the relationship between organizational stress and resilience. Discussions and conclusions. The results show that work commitment and perceived self efficacy are partial mediators of the relationship between organizational stress and resilience of military gendarmes. The results have implications for improving the resilience of military gendarmes, by developing intervention strategies focused on raising awareness of the importance of internal resources, such as perceived self-efficacy and commitment work.