Organizational resilience: Towards a theory and research agenda
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In this paper we outline the contours of a theory of organizational resilience as well as a research agenda. First, we identify how the notion of resilience has become increasingly important to all organizations and argue that organization theory currently does not reflect its importance. Second we reconcile varying definitions of resilience to create a definition of organizational resilience. Third, we identify the affective, cognitive, relational, and structural mechanisms constitutive of organizational resilience. Fourth, we develop research questions regarding the antecedents and mechanisms of resilience.
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Organizations need slack resources-a cushion of spare resources which can be flexibly used.
“In sum, it can be said that organizations need slack resources (Kendra and Wachtendorf 2003;Vaelikangas and Romme 2013;Vogus and Sutcliffe 2007)-a cushion of spare resources which can be flexibly used (Bourgeois 1981).”
From Organizational resilience: a capability-based conceptualization (2020) · cites this paper as Vogus and Sutcliffe 2007
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- Authors
- Vogus, T. J., & Sutcliffe, K. M.
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Venue
- 2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2007-10
- Pages
- 3418-3422
- ISSN
- 1062-922X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2102240723
- Cited by
- 846
- References
- 22
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- FWCI
- 18.05
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Conference proceedings/Conference proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Keywords
- organizational resilience, resilience theory, resilience definitions, emotional mechanisms, cognitive mechanisms, relational mechanisms, structural mechanisms, antecedents of resilience, organizational theory
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