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Using a grounded theory study of two prominent performing arts organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic, we develop theory about how organizations respond to adversity over time. Building on research on resilience, resourcefulness, and crisis management, we induce a process model that unpacks the mechanisms and dynamics that enable organizations to act resiliently. We find that organizations approach adversity using two types of resourcefulness. Promotive resourcefulness focuses on opportunities from adversity, which leads to acting resiliently. We show how promotive resourcefulness becomes sustained over time by endogenously producing resources—crisis agency, trust, and hopefulness—which expands an organization's identity and leads to resilient acts. In contrast, preventative resourcefulness focuses on minimizing worst-case outcomes, which leads to a lost organizational identity and relatively weak adversity adjustment. We find that preventative resourcefulness becomes part of cycles that erode trust, limit crisis agency, and generate hopelessness. Additionally, we explain how financial, emotional, and operational updating can shift preventative to promotive resourcefulness, allowing organizations to act resiliently later in a crisis. Our findings unpack critical mechanisms and processes that explain whether and how organizations act resiliently over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Competitive sport involves physical and psychological stressors, such as training load and stress perceptions, that athletes must adapt to in order to maintain health and performance. Psychological resilience, one's capacity to equilibrate or adapt affective and behavioral responses to adverse physical or emotional experiences, is an important topic in athlete training and performance. The study purpose was to investigate associations of training load and perceived sport stress with athlete psychological resilience trajectories. Sixty-one collegiate club athletes (30 females and 31 males) completed self-reported surveys over 6 weeks of training. Athletes significantly differed in resilience at the beginning of competitive training. Baseline resilience differences were associated with resilience trajectories. Perceived stress and training load were negatively associated with resilience. Physical and psychological stressors had a small but statistically significant impact on resilience across weeks of competitive training, indicating that both types of stressors should be monitored to maintain athlete resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research scrutinizes the instrumental contributions of public libraries in augmenting community resilience. The study deploys a methodological framework predicated on comprehensive literature examination and empirical investigation by focusing on the National Taiwan Library and the New Taipei City Library as paradigmatic instances. Employing a multi-layered approach of case studies and in-depth interviews with various library staff, the study aims to (1) formulate a nascent conceptual architecture of community resilience, (2) identify the multifaceted strategies public libraries employ to bolster resilience, and (3) articulate specific functional roles libraries execute in this resilience ecosystem. Empirical data coalesce into six salient categories: (1) Knowledge Curation, Skill Development, and Lifelong Learning; (2) Community Network Dynamics; (3) Human-Place Connections; (4) Infrastructure and Foundational Resources; (5) Innovation and Diversification; and (6) Public-Governmental Interface. Libraries surface as agile orchestrators in intricate socio-environmental nexuses, utilizing adaptive service models that leverage emergent community networks, enhancing intrinsic and extrinsic resilience. The roles libraries fulfill in community systems are manifold: they act as (1) Adaptive Sustainers in volatile conditions, (2) Socio-Organizational Mediators in community networking, (3) Stewards of Cultural Integrity, (4) Facilitators of Inclusive Information Access, and (5) Navigators in Collaboration with governmental and social entities. The findings contribute rich scholarly and practical perspectives on how public institutions fortify socio-ecological resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper delves into the impacts of an ongoing global crisis on the resilience of supply chains. Furthermore, it proposes measures to address and mitigate the disruptions caused by the prevailing uncertainties. For example, while the economy has started to recover after the pandemic and demand has increased, companies have not fully returned to their pre-pandemic levels. To enhance their supply chain resilience and effectively manage disruptions, one viable strategy is the implementation of flexible/hybrid manufacturing systems. This research is motivated by the specific requirements of Vestel Electronics, a household appliances company, which seeks a flexible/hybrid manufacturing production setup involving dedicated machinery to meet regular demand and the utilisation of flexible manufacturing system (FMS) to handle surges in demand. We employ a scenario-based approach to model demand uncertainty, enabling the company to make immediate and adaptive decisions that take advantage of the cost-effectiveness of standard production and the responsiveness of FMS. To solve the problem, we propose a heuristic algorithm based on column generation. The numerical results demonstrate that our optimisation model provides solutions with an average optimality gap of less than 6% while also reducing the average cost of standard production schemes without FMS by over 12%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

OBJECTIVE: To examine how a preexisting initiative to align health care, public health, and social services influenced COVID-19 pandemic response. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING: In-depth interviews with administrators and frontline staff in health care, public health, and social services in Contra Costa County, California from October, 2020, to May, 2021. STUDY DESIGN: Qualitative, semi-structured interviews examined how COVID-19 response used resources developed for system alignment prior to the pandemic. DATA COLLECTION: We interviewed 31 informants including 14 managers in public health, health care, or social services and 17 social needs case managers who coordinated services across these sectors on behalf of patients. An inductive-deductive qualitative coding approach was used to systematically identify recurrent themes. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We identified four distinct components of the countys system alignment capabilities that supported COVID-19 response, including (1) an organizational culture of adaptability fostered through earlier system alignment efforts, which included the ability and willingness to rapidly implement new organizational processes, (2) trusting relationships among organizations based on prior, positive experiences of cross-sector collaboration, (3) capacity to monitor population health of historically marginalized community members, including information infrastructures, data analytics, and population monitoring and outreach, and (4) frontline staff with flexible skills to support health and social care who had built relationships with the highest risk community members. CONCLUSIONS: Prior investments in aligning systems provided unanticipated benefits for organizational and community resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results illustrate a pathway for investment in system alignment efforts that build capacity within organizations and relationships between organizations to enhance resilience to crisis. Our findings suggest the usefulness of an integrated concept of organizational and community resilience that understands the resilience of systems of care as a vital resource for community resilience during crisis.

Introduction: This study examines the relationships between secure base leadership, organizational identification, and resilience among military cadets, utilizing the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model as a theoretical framework. Specifically, it explores the mediating role of work engagement in these associations within the context of military training. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 363 cadets from the General Military Academy of the Army in Zaragoza, Spain. The sample comprised second-year cadets (n = 170; 46.8%) and third-year cadets (n = 193; 53.2%), with a gender distribution of 84% male and 16% female. Participants evaluated their section chief captains using the Leader as Security Provider Scale and completed validated questionnaires measuring work engagement, organizational identification, and resilience. Data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to test the hypothesized relationships and mediation effects. Results: The findings revealed that secure base leadership is positively associated with work engagement among cadets. Work engagement significantly mediated the relationships between secure base leadership and both organizational identification and resilience. The structural model explained a substantial proportion of variance in the outcome variables, supporting the applicability of the JD-R model in this context. Discussion: These results underscore the importance of secure base leadership in promoting work engagement, which in turn enhances organizational identification and resilience among military cadets. The study highlights the role of leaders as secure bases in fostering personal and organizational well-being. Implications suggest that incorporating secure base leadership principles in military training programs could contribute to the professional development and overall well-being of military personnel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The abrupt onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced a dramatic shift in higher education. Over time, the prolonged and cyclical nature of public-health restrictions conditioned students, faculty, and staff to adopt a crisis mindset as their baseline. Moving from crisis to recovery therefore posed unique obstacles at both individual (e.g. anxiety, exhaustion, and post-traumatic stress) and organizational levels (e.g. transition logistics, labor market changes, and student preparation). Using case study methodology, this paper describes an effort to directly address the evolution from pandemic crisis to recovery and future resilience at large, urban, research-intensive university spanning three campuses. Consultation meetings in the form of individual interviews and focus groups with 301 academic leaders, staff leaders, and student leaders across the institution raised critical insights into the process of adapting to change in an institution of higher learning. The analysis of discoveries and resulting actions clustered into four themes: fatigue, loss, and pride in the aftermath of crisis; moving forward (including recognizing efforts and challenges to integration); innovation out of adversity caused by COVID-19; and future-proofing by seizing opportunities for creating resilience. Despite the chaos that crises may introduce, this case study illustrates how they carry unique opportunities for growth. As the future will continue to present all manner of challenges, the willingness and ability to adapt will define future outcomes for higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We model an adaptive agent-based environment using selfish algorithm agents (SA-agents) that make decisions along three choice dimensions as they play the multi-round prisoner’s dilemma game. The dynamics that emerge from mutual interactions among the SA-agents exhibit two collective-level properties that mirror living systems, thus making these models suitable for societal/biological simulation. The properties are: emergent intelligence and collective agency. The former means there is observable intelligent behavior as a unitary collective entity. The latter means the collective exhibits observable adaptability that enables it to reorganize its network structure to meet its objectives in response to a changing environment. In this study, we generate these capabilities in a single, simple case. We do this first by letting a temporal complex network among SA-agents emerge and second by changing conditions in the ecosystem to test adaptability. This latter phase is done by introducing an artificial virus that infects SA-agents during interactions and can remove (or ‘kill’) the SA-agents. We then study the dynamics of the contagion within the collective as the virus spreads through the population and impacts collective reward-seeking performance. Specifically, we compare two strategies to control the spread of the virus: exogenous top-down control and endogenous bottom-up self-isolation strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study analyses the continuity of operations and the building of organizational resilience efforts in nine city governments from the Northeast region in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that city governments were able to keep internal operations and the delivery of public services, but only to some extent. Information technology was a key enabler for the implementation of teleworking and a hybrid model of public service delivery that expanded online services. Finally, although several lessons were learnt during this period, the extent to which city governments were able to build adaptive resilience is still an unanswered question. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Global business practices show that during periods of demand volatility, manufacturing firms often engage in asymmetric cost management (ACM), a behavior in which costs increase faster than they decrease when demand decreases by the same amount. However, whether managing asymmetric costs will enhance or impede firm resilience remains an open question. We aim to investigate the impact of ACM on firm resilience and its boundary conditions. Design/methodology/approach: Using unbalanced panel data of 2,273 Chinese manufacturing listed companies from 2002 to 2021, we conduct an empirical analysis using a double fixed effects model. Findings: Our findings reveal that ACM has a negative effect on firm resilience. This suggests that in coping with external environmental fluctuations, ACM fails to fulfill its expected role effectively. Instead, it manifests as a severe agency problem affecting firm resilience. Further, we find that managerial myopia and digitalization diminish the negative effect, while customer instability exacerbates it. Originality/value: This study contributes to the literature on the organizational resilience of manufacturing firms by providing an in-depth understanding of cost management and emphasizing the need to consider agency issues carefully when managing asymmetric costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This article introduces the innovative concept of the "organizational stress test" (OST), a methodology designed to address the limitations of traditional audit processes by integrating the key principles of stress testing models in order to generate an original questionnaire through an algorithm that enables a diagnosis closer to the concrete situations experienced by companies in the workplace. Actually, the problem is that classical audits face significant limitations, including predictability and procedure‐oriented checks that overlook real effectiveness, which leads audits to prioritize certification over genuine improvement, sometimes making them costly and inefficient for achieving meaningful organizational progress. The goal of our proposal is to find a new way of continuous improvement. Unlike a classic audit, which primarily focuses on procedural compliance and documentation, the OST delves deeper into the resilience and robustness of an organization's quality management systems (QMSs), under extreme and realistic scenarios. This method not only assesses the company's ability to meet standard requirements but also evaluates how well it can withstand and recover from unforeseen challenges, thereby providing actionable insights for continuous improvement. By doing so, the OST offers a significant enhancement over conventional audits, providing a more dynamic, real‐world assessment that can reveal organizational vulnerabilities that a traditional audit might overlook. This article aims to equip manufacturing and service companies with a robust alternative to conventional auditing that promotes genuine organizational improvement beyond mere certification. Design/Methodology/Approach: Our methodology is based on a review of the original spirit of the ISO standards and on our analysis of financial stress tests to generate scenarios adapted to the specific QMS of a particular company thanks to a narrow AI. After a brief presentation of "lean standardization" and the weaknesses of conventional auditing, we present our scenario generation process using a multicriteria decision analysis algorithm. In order to illustrate the proposed method, some examples of implementation will be presented. Findings: To show the feasibility of the methodology, this article concludes with a summary of the results achieved in a single firm and draws some interesting conclusions. Results: The OST provides an emerging perspective on the auditing process by uncovering organizational deviations that traditional audits typically fail to detect. For instance, as will be illustrated in the practical application section, the OST was able to identify critical gaps in crisis management protocols and inefficiencies in communication within several companies, areas often overlooked in conventional audits, which tend to focus primarily on compliance with procedures. By thoroughly examining operational realities, the OST offers a more accurate and comprehensive assessment of the organization's resilience and effectiveness. In the following sections, we will explore specific cases where the OST's findings led to significant enhancements in organizational robustness, demonstrating the added value of this approach compared to conventional auditing methods. Research Limitations/Implications: The effectiveness of OST largely depends on the careful customization of scenarios to match each organization's unique needs. This process can be challenging, particularly for smaller firms or those with limited resources. In addition, the scenario‐based approach introduces variability, making it difficult to standardize across different industries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the interplay between environmental regulations, organizational innovation, resilience, learning support, and performance in the Vietnamese business context. The paper explores the mutual interaction and influence among these variables. Additionally, it focuses on the indirect effects of organizational innovation and resilience, showing that organizational innovation mediates the relationship between environmental regulations and performance and resilience mediates the relationship between organizational learning support and performance. The study extends the framework of the dynamic capabilities perspective by demonstrating that dynamic capabilities enable organizations to adapt to and capitalize on stringent environmental policies. Our sample data come from 349 Vietnamese manufacturers and are analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling, which is effective for examining complex relationships and interactions among multiple variables. The results indicate that, although environmental regulations do not directly impact organizational performance, they do so indirectly through organizational innovation. The study also demonstrates the significant role of innovation and resilience in enhancing performance, yielding valuable insights for organizations that seek sustainable growth amid uncertainty. These findings lead to practical implications for developing strategies and policies that promote resilience, innovation, and learning, including a robust framework for addressing management challenges in emerging economies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The primary objective of this research is to provide empirical evidence supporting the application of simulation as a strategic tool for bolstering operational resilience. Design/methodology/approach: This paper employs the simulation and the case study method. Findings: Simulation is a pivotal tool for manufacturers seeking to enhance operational resilience. Through meticulous analysis of real-world production systems and translating these insights into sophisticated simulation models, manufacturers can significantly bolster their resilience. This methodology enables organizations to anticipate and mitigate potential disruptions, thereby ensuring uninterrupted operations and maintaining a competitive edge. Practical implications: This study proposes simulation research as a means of enhancing performance and informing investment choices. Notably, simulation modelling fosters a proactive perspective, allowing organizations to not only endure and recover from adversity but to also emerge fortified and reinvigorated, rather than simply reverting to pre-crisis states. Originality/value: The article underscores the strategic significance of simulation modelling in fortifying an organization's operational resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic offered a unique glimpse into the resilience of construction projects, shedding light on several learning opportunities. The purpose of this paper is to develop propositions for the improvement of resilient performance in construction in the post-pandemic era. Design/methodology/approach: The propositions were developed based on an empirical study in Brazil. Data collection involved the analysis of regulations, interviews with health experts, managers, and workers, in addition to non-participant observations of the use of 37 control practices in 39 construction sites comparing the work-as-imagined and the work-as-done. The practices were classified in a hierarchy of controls. Findings: Seven propositions for the improvement of resilient performance were developed, addressing collaboration between construction companies, slack resources, new health and safety practices, production planning and control, digital technologies, visual management, and organizational culture. These propositions emphasize organizational support for resilience. This is in contrast to the nature of most observed practices (57%) that relied on administrative controls and personal protective equipment, which are measures dependent on behaviors that resemble resilience at the individual level. Originality/value: Although much has been studied on COVID-19 implications for construction projects, previous empirical studies have not adopted the organizational resilience perspective as the main theoretical background. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Across the globe, SMEs (small and medium enterprises) play an essential role in the socio-economic development of the economy and support the creation of jobs; Oman is no exception. SMEs are often vulnerable to adverse changes predominantly due to limited resources. The recent pandemic has made SMEs realize and prioritize resilient aspects in certain circumstances and businesses. The main objective of this study is to examine the critical internal factors that influence organizational resilience in the context of SMEs. An empirical analysis of 125 data collected from participants involved in Oman SMEs examined the effects of three major internal drivers (human capital, social capital, and leadership) on organizational resilience based on the contingency approach. By employing Smart-PLS and SPSS software on the data, the cause-effect analysis between organizational resilience and internal factors was investigated. The findings showed a significant influence of leadership and social capital factors on organizational resilience in Oman SMEs, while the human capital factor had a less significant impact. Social capital is related to the relational and cognitive aspects of the leadership network, which stems from interpersonal relationships as a resilience aspect of enhancing resources. Moreover, leadership is a formal institutional factor that is essential in determining organizational resilience. The study results contribute to theoretical and practical aspects by demonstrating that mobilizing social capital should be considered first, followed by developing leadership skills to support SMEs in promoting their resilience. The research findings and recommendations will help enterprises, associated public SME authorities, and policymakers focus on the significant areas of leadership and social capital to be resilient and enhance businesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital technology development provides new opportunities for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance research to better evaluate firm ESG performance, improve decision-making efficiency, and enhance firm competitiveness. Therefore, under the background of digital economy, studying digitization mechanisms on ESG performance is of great theoretical and practical significance, which can help firms achieve better sustainable development and create more value for stakeholders. We use 3,827 listed A-share companies in China from 2003 to 2021 as the sample for our empirical research. Results show that digitization significantly improves ESG performance, and this conclusion remains valid after a series of robustness tests. Through mechanism analysis, we find that digitization improves ESG performance through organizational resilience and further reveal that organizational redundancy has a positive moderating effect between organizational resilience and ESG performance. According to our heterogeneity analysis, the marginal effects are stronger among listed firms with high market competition, in the East-Central region, in non-heavily polluting industries, and with standard audit opinions, without significant heterogeneity across the nature of equity. Our research provides a theoretical basis for digitization to drive ESG performance and ideas on how to improve the ESG performance of Chinese companies in the digital era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to explore the mediating role of organizational trust in the impact of social sustainability on organizational resilience. Using a sample of 441 employees in the energy sector in Istanbul, a structured questionnaire was applied to measure employees' organizational resilience, organizational trust and perceived social sustainability activities. Data analysis was carried out with SPSS and AMOS 24 programs. Factor analysis and structural equation modeling were used in the study. The data analysis based on path modelling confirms the mediating role of organizational trust in the effect of social sustainability on organizational resilience. The findings show that all social sustainability variables significantly affect all organizational trust dimensions, and organizational trust dimensions significantly affect organizational resilience dimensions. Accordingly, organizational trust dimensions and all social sustainability dimensions have a full mediating variable role in the effect of organizational trust dimensions on organizational resilience dimensions. Future research is important to gain a deeper understanding of the relationships between social sustainability, organizational resilience and organizational trust. In particular, studies in specific sectors or cultural contexts can help us better understand how these relationships may vary and how they may shape organizations' strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Because of uncertainties, which are influenced by major external events, such as pandemics, emergence of wars and other phenomena those keep testing organizational abilities to survive and thrive. This article aims to review the existing research on organizational resilience especially in the face of global COVID-19 pandemic – in particular, which factors constitute a successful resilience model. Three branches of organizational resilience were defined and analyzed as follows: knowledge base, resource availability, and social resources & power. Theoretical and empirical research results create a basis for further research in order to analyze the phenomenon of organizational resilience in a broader sense, by adapting a complex approach and covering different sectors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study assesses the influence of network embeddedness (NE) on the organizational resilience (OR) of Gazelle enterprises. NE presents an efficacious approach for these enterprises to access external knowledge and bolster their resilience. The study classifies NE into two variants: relational embeddedness (RE) and structural embeddedness (SE), subsequently analyzing their distinct impacts on the OR of Gazelle enterprises. In addition, the study delves into the intervening role of knowledge search (KS) and the moderating influence of digital transformation (DT) within the aforementioned relationships. Drawing upon survey data from 295 Chinese Gazelle enterprises, our empirical findings reveal that: (1) RE and SE exert positive influences on the OR of Gazelle enterprises; (2) KS partially mediates the associations between RE, SE, and OR of Gazelle enterprises; (3) DT positively moderates the relationships between RE, SE, and the OR of Gazelle enterprises. This study enhances understanding of the NE-OR relationship in Gazelle enterprises, shedding light on the mediational mechanisms underlying NE and defining the reason underlying that certain Gazelle enterprises capitalise more effectively on NE activities to augment their OR compared to others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In uncertain manufacturing environments, tools that help companies and supply chains navigate unexpected events and promote sustainability are crucial. However, the application of resilience in manufacturing organizations is limited, often focusing on supply chain resilience. This study used mixed methods to minimize subjectivity in manufacturing resilience. A quantitative Content Validity Index (CVI) helped develop the 'resilience compass' assessment tool, while empirical applications in six manufacturing organizations demonstrated its usefulness. The study identifies relationships between 54 resilience practices, 11 dynamic capabilities, and three stages: anticipation, coping, and adaptation, providing decision-makers with actionable insights to enhance manufacturing resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We are entering an era filled with disruptive events, yet current research in strategy and international business has paid insufficient attention to the nature of these events and their far-reaching impacts. To address this gap, we introduce event system theory (EST) into these fields, offering a critical lens to analyze the complexity of disruptive events. EST provides a comprehensive framework to explore how events unfold and impact firms across various dimensions, moving beyond traditional place-centric views that focus primarily on geographic proximity. A key contribution of this perspective paper is the development of the event space perspective, a novel extension of EST that captures the relational, symbolic, and sociopolitical channels through which disruptive events influence organizations. This new perspective encourages a more dynamic and nuanced understanding of how events shape firm strategy and performance. Finally, we draw on both EST and the event space perspective to offer promising research directions on disruptive events for strategy and international business, laying a foundation for future studies to explore organizational resilience, strategic adaptation, and the management of uncertainty in an increasingly volatile global environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The rising frequency and complexity of cybersecurity threats necessitate robust monitoring and rapid response capabilities to safeguard digital assets effectively. As a result, many organizations are increasingly establishing Security Operations Centers (SOCs) to actively detect and respond to cybersecurity incidents. This paper addresses the intricate process of setting up a SOC, emphasizing the need for careful planning, substantial resources, and a strategic approach. This study outlines the essential steps involved in defining the SOC's objectives and scope, selecting appropriate technologies, recruiting skilled cybersecurity professionals, and developing processes throughout the SOC lifecycle. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the SOC's threat detection capabilities and use cases. It also highlights the importance of choosing technologies that integrate seamlessly with existing IT infrastructure to ensure broad coverage of SOC activities. Furthermore, this study offers actionable insights for organizations looking to enhance their SOC capabilities, including a technical overview of SOC use case coverage and a gap assessment of detection rules. This assessment is based on an alignment with the MITRE ATT&CK framework and an analysis of events generated by the company's existing IT devices and products. The findings from this research elucidate the indispensable role that SOCs play in bolstering organizational cybersecurity and resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the influence of Blockchain technology utilization (BTU), industrial internet-of-things (IoT), and resource-based management initiatives (RBMI) on innovation performance with the mediating role of organizational resilience in light of the resource-based view (RBV). Moreover, risk-taking tolerance is used as a moderator between organizational resilience and innovation performance. The Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) technique was used to analyze the results. A simple random sampling technique was used to collect data from respondents. A total of 437 questionnaires were collected from the Pakistani automotive industry and used for final analysis. The finding reveals that industrial IoT and RBMI positively relate to organizational resilience and innovation performance. In contrast, BTU does not influence innovation performance but positively influences organizational resilience. Organizational resilience positively related to innovation performance. Organizational resilience significantly mediates between BTU, industrial IoT, RBMI, and innovation performance. Finally, risk-taking tolerance strengthens the relationship between organizational resilience and innovation performance. This research focuses on how management utilizes BTU, industrial IoT, RBMI, organizational resilience, and risk-taking tolerance in decision-making to examine innovation performance. This research initially develops a research model to incorporate BTU, industrial IoT, RBMI, organizational resilience, risk-taking tolerance, and innovation performance in RBV perspectives. Academicians, practitioners, and management can benefit from study results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the critical role of inclusive, people-centered strategies in driving organizational sustainability, focusing on two key institutions in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: Presbyterian University College (PUC) and Presbyterian Agogo Women's College of Education (APWCE). Employing a qualitative research design, including 100 interviews, five focus groups, and participant observations, this study investigates employee perspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices in the workplace. The findings identify key empowerment strategies—flexible job roles, participatory decision-making, leadership development, and open communication—that enhance employee engagement and commitment to sustainability efforts. The findings also demonstrate employees' vital role in advancing sustainability through involvement in green initiatives, community engagement, and integrating sustainability into core organizational practices. This contribution intellectually bridges the gap between DEI policies and their practical application, offering a nuanced understanding of how cultural and social dimensions influence sustainability in underexplored contexts like Ghana. It emphasizes aligning organizational values with employee well-being to enhance job satisfaction and retention, presenting actionable strategies for fostering innovation, resilience, and long-term success. The increasing global focus on sustainability and the growing need for inclusive practices in organizational settings underscores the timeliness of this manuscript. It offers a holistic, forward-thinking approach that is especially relevant for organizations navigating post-pandemic workplace dynamics and seeking to align sustainability with equity and inclusivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Smart manufacturing is an important initiative to promote the transformation and upgrading of industries and the high-quality development of the economy. However, the current situation of digitalized smart transformation in manufacturing enterprises is not optimistic, which is primarily attributed to the ambiguity surrounding the pathways. This study is based on the technology-organization-environment-individual (TOE-I) analytical framework; it selects 20 case studies of advanced manufacturing enterprises; and employs case studies and necessary condition fuzzy set qualitative comparative research methods (NCA and fsQCA) to investigate the pathways through which technology, organization, the environment, and individual microelements synergistically drive smart manufacturing from a configurational perspective. The study reveals that digital technology breakthroughs, digital infrastructure, digital talent, digital sharing, organizational resilience, organizational culture, and the entrepreneurial spirit are the core influencing factors in advancing smart manufacturing for manufacturing enterprises, and four implementation paths driven by smart manufacturing are analyzed. Among them, digital technology breakthroughs and digital infrastructure have a potential substitutive relationship in the "technology + talent" empowerment organizational model. Organizational resilience, organizational culture, and the entrepreneurial spirit are important safeguards for successful advancements in smart manufacturing. In contrast, digital infrastructure plays a more indirect, supporting role. Accordingly, this paper provides theoretical reference and practical guidance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the importance of resilience of public sector organizations. Drawing from Upper Echelons Theory, this study investigates the relationship between configurations of demographic and background characteristics of hybrid professional managers and organizational adaptive resilience. Specifically, it focuses on heads of 34 Italian public clinical laboratories in the Veneto Region during the first wave of the pandemic. Based on fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, the findings show four different combinations of attributes that lead to high levels of adaptive resilience. A key role is played by being a female manager and possessing a high level of organizational tenure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The public management literature suggests that organizational capacity, collaboration, and public service motivation positively impact organizational resilience. However, in times of emergencies/crises, when public administrators have limited time to plan and react, it is unclear what factors are more relevant for service delivery continuity. The present study focuses on organizational resiliency during crises and examines the predictors of service delivery continuity among county governments during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results suggest that in times of crises, the capacity of local governments is a significant predictor of organizational resilience as opposed to public service motivation, which did not contribute to organizational resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Collaboration, on the other hand, had mixed results. These results suggest that governments should focus on strengthening their capacities to withstand shocks from crises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Resilience is crucial for a health system to better prevent and respond to public health threats and provide high-quality services. Despite the growing interest in the concept of resilience in health care, however, there is little empirical evidence of the impact of organizational resilience, especially in primary care settings. As the largest professional group in primary care, primary care nurses are taking more and more responsibilities during their daily practice, which influences both their work conditions and well-being. This study aims to examine the association between organizational resilience and primary care nurses' working conditions and well-being. Using a convenience sampling approach, we recruited 175 primary care nurses from 38 community health centres (CHCs) in four cities in China. Organizational resilience was operationalized as comprising two domains: adaptive capacity and planning capacity, and measured using a 16-item scale. The primary care nurses' working condition indicators comprised variables of psychological safety, organizational commitment, professional commitment, and self-directed learning; well-being indicators included depression and burn-out. Hierarchical linear regression models were built for analysis. We found that the sampled CHCs have a relatively high level of organizational resilience. The organizational resilience was positively associated with the four indicators of working conditions: psychological safety (β  = 0.04, P  < 0.01), organizational commitment (β  = 0.38, P  < 0.01), professional commitment (β  = 0.39, P  < 0.01), and self-directed learning (β  = 0.28, P  < 0.01). However, organizational resilience was not significantly associated with the two well-being indicators. Furthermore, we found that the adaptive capacity has stronger association compared with planning capacity. Therefore, primary care manager should build resilient organizations, especially the adaptive capacity, in order to enhance primary care nurses' psychological safety, commitment and learning behaviours. Further studies should also be conducted to understand the link between organizational resilience and primary care nurses' well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sustainable development is crucial for organizational internal matters since it supports fostering long‐term resilience and efficiency of the organizations. Sustainable development practices enhance resource management, reduce costs, and attract environmentally conscious stakeholders. This study attempts to understand the importance of sustainable development (SD) concerning high‐performance work systems (HPWS), creativity (CRV), and impersonal trust (IT) drawing on the normative perspective of stakeholder theory. First, the study investigates the connection between high work performance and sustainable development within three major levels such as social, economic, and environmental development. Second, this study examines the mediation of creativity among the nexus of HPWS and sustainable development. Finally, the study explores a moderating influence of impersonal trust between HPWS and sustainable development, respectively. Using structural equation modeling (SEM) statistical method employing SmartPls, this study assured the directions among the nexus of HPWS, creativity, impersonal trust, and SD. The study confirmed a positive association between HPWS and sustainable development. Similarly, a mediating sway of creativity and moderation of impersonal trust was observed between the connection of HPWS and sustainable development. This study furnishes insights into creativity that drives innovation, interpersonal skills foster collaboration, and HPWS optimizes efficiency and employee engagement that together optimize the sustainable development of the corporation. Besides, the study discusses certain drawbacks that generate new work prospects for scholars. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When an employee leaves his organization, it's obvious that it creates a massive loss to the company and can have critical negative consequences for the company. Past studies have given due consideration to the reasons for employee turnover intention and have presented many steps to reduce this organizational issue. The need is to understand the strategies adopted by the employees initially to face these organizational challenges. This study aims to understand the Employees' emotional and problem – focused coping strategies and its effect on their intent to leave. Resilience, and Distress tolerance depicted as the emotion-focused & problem- focused coping strategies adopted by individuals when faced with organization based challenges. The study carried out on employees assigned to managerial and executive positions in selected manufacturing industries of Central India. The data of 300 employees was collected through survey, out of which 260 responses were received having a response rate of 80%. Participants were instructed to sincerely fill out the answers without any bias and assured that their data would be kept anonymous. Further, the data was analyzed through SmartPLS. Findings demonstrate negative influence of high emotional resilience and distress tolerance on employee turnover intention indicating emphasis on inner strength for committed workforce. These findings offer recommendations to Department of human resource that job applicants must be evaluated on resilience and distress tolerance for better adjustments during unprecedented turbulence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work analyzes, under a strategic approach, the role of organizational resilience (OR) in connecting pioneering orientation (PO) and sustainability orientation (SO), thus filling a significant and unexplored gap in the literature. The empirical study was conducted on a sample of 223 companies in the cultural tourism industry in Spain. The results show a total mediating effect of OR in the relationship between PO and SO in its economic, environmental, and social dimensions and a partial effect in the case of the cultural dimension. The study highlights the U‐shaped curvilinear relationship between PO and OR, reflecting a brake on the growth of OR when companies have a strong tendency to enter the market early. Companies should adopt the role of early followers to strengthen resilience and achieve a strong strategic commitment to sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Global sustainability challenges demand innovative leadership approaches, particularly in resource‐constrained environments where traditional models may fall short. The current study aimed to explore the need for adaptive, resource‐efficient leadership by examining key traits such as empathy, inclusivity, adaptability, and intuitive decision‐making that allows managers to balance immediate organizational demands with long‐term sustainability goals. A Qualitative‐Interpretative Phenomenological Approach was adopted. A total of 28 senior Indian managers were interviewed to understand traits aligned with stakeholder theory and the resource‐based view, positioning them as strategic assets for achieving sustainable competitive advantage. Findings revealed that culturally resonant practices of frugality and resilience support social innovation and organizational resilience, contributing to broader sustainable development objectives. Further, it advances sustainable leadership literature by showcasing how resource efficiency and contextual adaptability can foster impactful, sustainable practices, particularly within emerging economies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The world faces significant challenges, particularly in low‐income countries, where cross‐sector partnerships strive to create positive social change. Operating under severe uncertainty, these partnerships encounter various disturbances threatening their progress. Despite these challenges, our study explores the resilience strategies that these partnerships use to foster positive social change, an area previously underexplored. Our study uses a qualitative multiple‐case study of four cross‐sector partnerships in sub‐Saharan Africa. Specifically, we collected data via interviews, workshops, and archival sources and used thematic analysis to uncover key resilience strategies. Our findings reveal a cyclical process where, when facing disturbances, cross‐sector partnerships respond with resilience strategies that help them mitigate disruptions, adapt to changing conditions, and continue expanding their positive impact. In doing so, they drive positive social change through core activities within their socio‐ecological system. This research expands existing theories of organizational resilience by highlighting how cross‐sector partnerships in low‐income contexts can not only survive, but also expand their impact of positive social change, through resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]