What makes conservationists persevere? Resilience strategies at work

• Published in: Oryx Vol. 56; no. 5; pp. 681 - 690
• Main Authors: Loffeld, Thirza A.C., Black, Simon A., Carter, Marianne, Sterling, Eleanor, Humle, Tatyana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Capacity for conservation; Conservation; Developing countries; Interviews; Job satisfaction; LDCs; Organizational policy; Professionals; Qualitative research; Resilience; Working conditions; motivation; personal agency; self-efficacy; unfairness; professional development; Human dimension of conservation; interdisciplinary; job satisfaction

Conservation professionals face cognitively and emotionally demanding tasks and a wide range of working conditions, including high levels of uncertainty (e.g. the socio-political contexts in which they must function, possible long hours and isolation from friends and family). Resilience (i.e. positi...