Context matters: On factors and processes how resilience unfolds in project teams

Abstract

This study examines the effects of contextual dimensions and adversity types on processes for team resilience and factor underlying these processes. Based on 48 in-depth-interviews with members of 16 project teams, participants provided broad insights into the diverse ways adversities are encountered in project-based teams nested in business and aca-demic organizations. Results confirm and enrich existing knowledge on enablers and con-crete processes of team resilience. At the same time, our work highlights the need for fu-ture research to more fully consider contextual dimensions and their impact on team resili-ence and the complexity inherent in such considerations of context. From these findings, we draw fruitful managerial implications for practitioners.