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Organizational resilience as response to a crisis: case of COVID-19 crisis

Bechir Mokline (Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Carthage, Nabeul, Tunisia)
Mohamed Anis Ben Abdallah (Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Carthage, Nabeul, Tunisia)

Continuity & Resilience Review

ISSN: 2516-7502

Article publication date: 2 June 2021

Issue publication date: 16 November 2021

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore the contribution of organizational resilience to the capacity of companies to cope with the COVID-19 crisis in a real organizational context through an empirical study of 16 Tunisian companies affected by the crisis.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors adopt a qualitative study based on 16 semi-structured interviews to describe better the functioning of the processes of resilience in a real organizational context.

Findings

The real contribution consists in confirming a positive contribution of resilience to resistance in the face of the COVID-19 crisis in a Tunisian context through exceptional measures that have not previously been adopted by the companies concerned by this study.

Originality/value

The authors believe that they are the first to study the theme of resilience as a resistance mechanism in the face of the COVID-19 crisis in a Tunisian context. From this comes the originality of the research.

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Citation

Mokline, B. and Ben Abdallah, M.A. (2021), "Organizational resilience as response to a crisis: case of COVID-19 crisis", Continuity & Resilience Review, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 232-247. https://doi.org/10.1108/CRR-03-2021-0008

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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