Carr, Kristen2025-04-282025-04-282021-04-30https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/67019The process of coping with significant adversity often requires substantial effort and takes many different forms. One unique way of responding to adversity (i.e., generativity; Erikson,1963) involves turning ones’ own recovery outward and helping others who have experienced similar trauma. Drawing from this theoretical framework and utilizing a mixed methods approach, the present study interviewed employees of prosocial organizations (n = 12) and considered how they chose to dedicate their careers to helping others and approached their career duties, identifying past adverse experiences as a significant influence. Quantitative results (n = 100) suggested significant relationships between the integration of traumatic experiences into one’s identity and posttraumatic growth (PTG), generativity and PTG, and generativity and experience with significant adverse experiences which impact core beliefs. Given these findings, prosocial organizations serve as a salient context for continued research of the influence of PTG and generativity on organizational communication.Format: OnlineenCommunicationText