Towards Resilient Organizations and Societies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxix

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2. Resilience: Antecedents, Paradigms and Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Resilience in Organizations and Societies: The State of the Art and Three Organizing Principles for Moving Forward

      • Maria Laura Frigotto, Mitchell Young, Rómulo Pinheiro

      Pages 3-40Open Access

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3. Resilience in Organisations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41

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   2. Decision Premises, Learning and Organizational Resilience Addressing Novel Adversities

      • Maria Laura Frigotto, Loris Gaio, Alessandro Narduzzo, Marco Zamarian

      Pages 43-64Open Access

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   3. Installing an Action Space for Resilience in Surprising Situations

      • Johannes M. Lehner, Eva Born, Peter Kelemen, Rainer Born

      Pages 65-90Open Access

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   4. Building Resilience in Temporary Organizations: Lessons from a Shipyard

      • Anne Russel, Stéphanie Tillement, Benoit Journé

      Pages 91-116Open Access

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   5. A Practical Perspective on Resilience in Organizations: The Interplay Between Structure and Action

      • Anouck Adrot, Oriane Sitte de Longueval, Alexandre Largier

      Pages 117-142Open Access

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   6. Growing and Adapting During Continuous Change: Building Employee Resilience in the Public Sector

      • Esme Franken, Geoff Plimmer, Sanna Malinen, Jane Bryson

      Pages 143-170Open Access

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4. Resilience in Organizational Fields and Societies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171

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   2. The Post-entrepreneurial University: The Case for Resilience in Higher Education

      • Mitchell Young, Rómulo Pinheiro

      Pages 173-193Open Access

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   3. Organizational Persistence in Highly Institutionalized Environments: Unpacking the Relation Between Identity and Resilience

      • Lars Geschwind, Rómulo Pinheiro, Bjørn Stensaker

      Pages 195-221Open Access

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   4. Resilience and Change in Opera Theatres: Travelling the Edge of Tradition and Contemporaneity

      • Maria Laura Frigotto, Francesca Frigotto

      Pages 223-247Open Access

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   5. Being Resilient Between the Region and the Higher Education System? Views on Regional Higher Education Institutions in Estonia and Finland

      • Jari Kolehmainen, Heli Kurikka, Anne Keerberg, Garri Raagmaa

      Pages 249-276Open Access

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   6. Agency, Institutions and Regional Resilience: An Approach from the Basque Region

      • Edurne Magro, Elvira Uyarra, Jesus M. Valdaliso

      Pages 277-304Open Access

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5. Taking Stock and Moving Forward

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-305

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   2. Towards Resilient Organisations and Societies? Reflections on the Multifaceted Nature of Resilience

      • Mitchell Young, Maria Laura Frigotto, Rómulo Pinheiro

      Pages 307-331Open Access

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6. Back Matter

   Pages 333-336

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This open access book brings together scholars in the fields of management, public policy, regional studies, and organization theory around the concept of resilience. The aim is to provide a more holistic understanding of the complex phenomenon of resilience from a multi-sectorial, cross-national, and multidisciplinary perspective. The book facilitates a conversation across diverse disciplinary specializations and empirical domains. The authors contribute both to theory testing and theory development and provide key empirical insights useful for societies, organizations, and individuals experiencing disruptive pressures, not least in the context of a post-COVID-19 world. Diverse chapters are held together by a clear organization of the volume across levels of analysis (resilience in organizations and societies) and by an original perspective on resilience derived from an extended review, by the editors, of the existing literature and knowledge gaps, according to which each of the individual chapter contributions is positioned and connected to.

• Open Access
• Organization
• Multi-Disciplinary
• Societies
• Cross-Sectoral
• Resilient
• Public Policy
• Regional Studies
• Resilience
• Resilient Organizations
• Resilient Societies
• Systems Thinking
• High Reliability Organizations
• Resilient Regions
• Complexity
• Adaptability

“Resilience is not just a buzzword, but a fundamental ingredient of the cultural shift we need to address the challenges of the 21st Century and take the world onto a sustainable development path. This book provides an excellent framework to design innovative policies and strategies to build a less vulnerable and more resilient socioeconomic system.” (Enrico Giovannini, Italian Economist and Statistician, University of Rome, Italy, and Italian Minister of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility (2021-))“Resilience in Organizations and Societies moves forward the notion that organizational and societal resilience are interconnected. An important book that sets the agenda for future thinking and research on the varieties of ways that we think about resilience. Filled with engaging examples and built on a strong conceptual foundation, this is a must read for academics and practitioners interested in the interdisciplinary study of resilience at all levels, individual, organizational, and societal.” (Christopher Kayes, Professor of Management, The George Washington University, School or Business, USA, and author of Organizational Resilience: How Learning Sustains Organizations in Crisis, Disaster, and Breakdown (2015))

“This timely book Towards Resilient Organizations and Societies adds a much needed cross-sectoral and multi-disciplinary perspective to the field and offers an exciting collection of chapters that examine resilience both at organizational and societal levels. A worthwhile read for academics and practitioners!” (Martina Linnenluecke, Director, Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Finance, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Australia)

• University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway

  Rómulo Pinheiro

• University of Trento, Trento, Italy

  Maria Laura Frigotto

• Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

  Mitchell Young

Rómulo Pinheiro is Professor of Public Policy and Administration at the Department of Political Science and Management at the University of Agder, Norway. His research interests are located at the intersection of public policy and administration, organizational theory, economic geography and higher education studies.

Maria Laura Frigotto is Associate Professor in Organization Theory and Management at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Trento, Italy. Her research focuses on novelty, especially in its unexpected and emergent form, in relation to resilience and innovation.

Mitchell Young is Assistant Professor in the Department of European Studies, Institute of International Studies at Charles University, Czech Republic. His research focuses on knowledge governance in the EU and Member States both internally as a form of integration and externally through science diplomacy.

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