Dimensions Of Resilience Research Articles

Waiting during disasters: Negotiating the spatio‐temporalities of resilience and recovery

AbstractAlways spatial, waiting time is the observation of past‐present‐future, and temporality is the condition of being bounded by time. Both are mechanisms of state governance that control how and when families recover from rapid‐onset humanitarian disasters. Analysing these spatio‐temporalities reveals how families leverage resources to engage in acts of resilience that challenge the state’s spatio‐temporal control of recovery. A case study focuses on the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico in 2017. We draw on qualitative longitudinal research to explore politicised spatio‐temporal experiences of waiting for the state to fix public infrastructures; approve financial support; and provide access to affordable consumables—which all shape families’ recovery rates and pathways. Disaster‐affected families do not passively wait for the state and often leverage their incomes and social networks to engage in resilience‐based strategies that ease their everyday lives and enable recovery while waiting for the state. Waiting feels more arduous for families with fewer resources and when there is uncertainty about access to the state and how and when to begin certain recovery activities. Waiting in disasters can also provide space for collective socio‐political practices such as community gardening to emerge in neighbourhoods. For researchers of disasters, this article highlights the spatio‐temporal dimensions of grassroots resilience and the ways in which state power and citizen agency interact in ways that subvert state control of families’ recovery rates in heterogeneous ways. Research on waiting during disasters has great potential to inform and reform governance for resilience and recovery.

Urban Slum and Housing Challenges in Lagos: A Look at The Socio -Economic Lifestyle of The Slum Dwellers

The uprising of slums in Lagos has become an issue of concern as a result of the effect it has on the environment and most importantly, the people that live in such slums. The living conditions of the people living in slums is a reflection of the severity of this bedevilling problem. Understanding their living conditions will enable the design of more appropriate models and frameworks for the upgrading and development of slum areas. In this study, the living conditions of the slum dwellers has been investigated as well as their perceived resilience. The study used a quantitative approach to study the phenomenon, and a total sample of 384 respondents was drawn from the population using convenience sampling. Data for the study was collected using survey method, where questionnaires were administered by the researcher to 394 respondents from different households. Data was analysed descriptively using quantitative methods. The findings of the study revealed that the living conditions were deplorable, with lack of good hospitals, portable water, schools, transport, refuse disposal system, and poor electricity supply. In terms of perceived resilience, the findings showed that Fifthly, with regards, the perceived resilience of the urban slum dwellers, it was found that the four dimensions of resilience investigated in this study were present in the slum communities, but they were lacking in an aspect of connection and caring; the findings showed that the slum dwellers were not committed to the wellbeing of their neighbourhood. Hence, the need for improvement in this aspect. Lastly, it was found that the level of resilience of the slum communities was moderate, implying the need for initiatives and interventions that can help in improving the level of resilience.

Evaluation of health system resilience in 60 countries based on their responses to COVID-19.

In 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic swept the world, and many national health systems faced serious challenges. To improve future public health responses, it's necessary to evaluate the performance of each country's health system. We developed a resilience evaluation system for national health systems based on their responses to COVID-19 using four resilience dimensions: government governance and prevention, health financing, health service provision, and health workers. We determined the weight of each index by combining the three-scale and entropy-weight methods. Then, based on data from 2020, we used the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method to rank the health system resilience of 60 countries, and then used hierarchical clustering to classify countries into groups based on their resilience level. Finally, we analyzed the causes of differences among countries in their resilience based on the four resilience dimensions. Switzerland, Japan, Germany, Australia, South Korea, Canada, New Zealand, Finland, the United States, and the United Kingdom had the highest health system resilience in 2020. Eritrea, Nigeria, Libya, Tanzania, Burundi, Mozambique, Republic of the Niger, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, and Guinea had the lowest resilience. Government governance and prevention of COVID-19 will greatly affect a country's success in fighting future epidemics, which will depend on a government's emergency preparedness, stringency (a measure of the number and rigor of the measures taken), and testing capability. Given the lack of vaccines or specific drug treatments during the early stages of the 2020 epidemic, social distancing and wearing masks were the main defenses against COVID-19. Cuts in health financing had direct and difficult to reverse effects on health systems. In terms of health service provision, the number of hospitals and intensive care unit beds played a key role in COVID-19 clinical care. Resilient health systems were able to cope more effectively with the impact of COVID-19, provide stronger protection for citizens, and mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. Our evaluation based on data from 60 countries around the world showed that increasing health system resilience will improve responses to future public health emergencies.

Internal audit effectiveness as a boon to public procurement performance: a multi mediation model

As part of Governments of Ghana efforts to deal with misappropriation of public sector resources, the Internal Audit Agency Act, 2003 (Act 658) was established to ensure probity, accountability, and transparency in the management of public sector resources, yet there is a high Corruption Perception Index in Ghana as asserted by the Transparent International 2021 release. To address this concern, our paper is aimed to develop a new model to explain the extent to which internal audit effectiveness (IAE) could be used to build strong organizational resilience as a mechanism through which efficiency in public procurement could be achieved while reducing public sector corruption incidence. Data have been collected from a cross-section of public sector workers. The structural equation modeling approach has been used to analyze the survey data. Our results have shown that cultural, and strategic resilience dimensions of organizational resilience significantly mediate the relationship between IAE and procurement performance. These results have implications for re-enforcement of audit regulations to ensure transparency in managing public sector resources with a focus on reducing negative public sector corruption perception.

Dennis R. Young and Elizabeth A. M. Searing: Resilience and the Management of Nonprofit Organizations

“Resilience and the Management of Nonprofit Organizations” is a book that explores the concept of resilience management for nonprofit organizations. The authors, Dennis Young and Elizabeth Searing, argue that the current paradigm of nonprofit management, which focuses on trustworthiness and efficiency, needs to be revised to adequately address the challenges facing nonprofit organizations. They propose a new paradigm based on resilience, which they define as the ability of organizations to adapt to changing circumstances and continue serving their missions effectively. The book provides strategies for anticipating and preparing for crises, explores the various dimensions of organizational resilience, and offers management strategies for achieving organizational resilience. It also discusses the need for “organizational slack” in order to be flexible and adaptable in the face of challenges.

The concept of resilience: Dimensions, properties of resilient systems and spatial scales of resilience

The aim of this paper is to identify the dimensions of resilience undertaken in literature, characteristics describing resilient systems and spatial scales in the context of which resilience research and strategic planning are carried out. The research method was desk research within which the papers that were reviewed were selected based on scientific journal reputation including the high Impact Factor. References to resilience in strategic planning were selected on the basis of information about international organizations dealing with resilience mentioned in scientific articles. Based on broad review, environmental, social, economic and institutional resilience have been identified. Important properties of social-ecological systems identified in the context of resilience include connectivity, modularity, redundancy, interdependence, and diversification, while resilience strategies specifically consider flexibility, resourcefulness, reflectiveness, dispersion, mutuality, inclusion, and integration. Research as well as strategic actions to strengthen resilience consider global spatial scale but also national, regional, local, neighbourhood, household and individual.

Resilience of Polish Exports to Non-Economic External Shocks

Goal – the paper aims to assess the resilience of Polish exports to disruptions caused by external factors of a non-economic nature, using the example of the shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Research methodology – the author of the study uses a literature review and analysis based on official statistics. The three dimensions of export resilience were operationalized and assessed, i.e. resistance, responsiveness and adaptation. Short- and medium-term results were evaluated. Score/results – Polish exports are not completely resilient to non-economic external shocks, as there has been a short-term deterioration in performance due to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, but taking all dimensions of resilience together and the medium-term time horizon, the resilience of Polish exports to this type of disruptions has been strongly confirmed. Originality/value – the study responds to the need to assess the economic security of economies participating in the international division of labor in connection with the emergence of non-economic external shocks negatively affecting international cooperation. The study makes an important contribution to the recognition of the resilience of Polish exports, its various dimensions and over a longer time horizon. To date, such research has not been conducted, and the issue of trade resilience, although very important for continuing to reap the benefits of international trade, is not sufficiently explained.

The relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and organizational resilience in the digital context

Purpose: Based on the theory of strategic entrepreneurship, the aim of this article is to identify the relationship between the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking) and organizational resilience in the context of digital transformation of enterprises. Design/methodology/approach: Due to the gap and considerable fragmentation of research in the existing literature on organizational resilience, particularly that on the whole combination of factors influencing it, in this study a set-theoretic analysis was performed using the fuzzy- set qualitative comparative analysis (fs/QCA). The fs/QCA was used to identify previously unknown combinations of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions and digital business capability dimensions that lead to high organizational resilience. Findings: As indicated by the results of the conducted research, three different configurations are leading to high organizational resilience (digital-driven, digital and entrepreneurial orientation-driven, entrepreneurial orientation-driven). Moreover, it is impossible to create high organizational resilience driven by only one condition. Research limitations/implications: The study was narrowed down to one selected strategic orientation hence future research can be extended to different levels and theoretical perspectives. To generalize the results and increase the level of universality, a larger research sample from multiple industries and regions can also be analyzed. Practical implications: The study provides an important reference for companies to strengthen organizational resilience in the context of digital transformation. It pointed out that an entrepreneurial orientation can promote organizational resilience but requires managers to break the routine and focus on spreading the entrepreneurial spirit in the organization, creating a shared vision among individuals and improving employee creativity. Originality/value: The paper explains the mechanism of the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and organizational resilience from the perspective of digitization. The findings are relevant to the development of strategic entrepreneurship theory and provide implications for building the resilience of SMEs. Keywords: entrepreneurial orientation, digital business capability, organizational resilience, digital transformation, fs/QCA. Category of the paper: research paper.

Office Sustainability Assessment for Endearing Resilience in an Academic Environment

Office conditions are crucial to assessing the sociocultural, economic, environmental and public health of the majority of the urban population. The office is a built environment that takes up the bulk of the time and energy of society's elite. As such, the quality of office spaces has a significant effect on the health, comfort, satisfaction and productivity of office workers. No doubt, inadequate indoor environmental quality will impede workers' productivity and well-being. Sustainability in the office addresses the interface through which resilience in both the biotic and abiotic components of the indoor working micro-environment can be measured and transformed for full productivity. In the light of this, this article evaluates the factors driving infrastructural, health and economic resilience in academic institutions. The study reviews the literature on the theory of human behaviour, with a view to establishing the link between key concepts in infrastructural, health and economic resilience and office sustainability within an academic environment. It identifies office sustainability as a major determinant in the effective measurement and development of resilience in academic environments. It was observed that the dimensions of infrastructural, health and economic resilience are in-built features which academic institutions should adopt to achieve overall resilience in the academic environment. This assessment should bring about major social and economic benefits, given the quantum of time that members of the university staff spend in their offices

Social Dimensions of Resilience and Climate Change: A Rapid Review

Social Dimensions of Resilience and Climate Change: A Rapid Review

Resiliency in Firefighters: Using Photovoice to Identify Protective Factors

Due to high levels of occupational hazards, firefighters are prone to psychological maladaptation, ranging from PTSD to burnout. However, it is not well understood why some firefighters persist in their careers while others choose to leave. In this qualitative study, photovoice as a form of digital storytelling was used to understand the factors of resiliency that may contribute to career persistence. Firefighters (n = 7) in a large, suburban fire department in Colorado contributed photographs and discussed the importance of their chosen photographs through individual, in-depth interviews. Using the theoretical lens of the resiliency portfolio model consisting of self-regulation, interpersonal relationships, and meaning making, analysis revealed subthemes that demonstrated firefighters’ capacity for resiliency. Within self-regulation, three subthemes emerged: adrenaline activities, alcohol, and positive coping. Within interpersonal relationships, two subthemes emerged: work-family and mentoring. Within meaning making, three subthemes became apparent: helping others, legacy, and fatalism. Recommendations for fire departments to enhance the dimensions of resilience are made based on the emergent themes with an emphasis on positive coping skills and mentoring.

Social dimensions of resilience and climate change: a rapid review of theoretical approaches

Social dimensions of resilience and climate change: a rapid review of theoretical approaches

Social Dimensions of Resilience and Climate Change: A Rapid Review

Social Dimensions of Resilience and Climate Change: A Rapid Review

Assessing the Prevalence of Mental Disorders and its Relationship with Resilience Among ISIS Prisoners in Iraq

Background and Aim: Despite the high prevalence of mental disorders in these people and the important role of resilience in mental health, resilience in prisoners has not received much attention. The present study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the prevalence of mental disorders and its relationship with resilience among ISIS prisoners of war in Iraq between 2014- 2021. Methods: This research was conducted using the SCL questionnaire and Connor and Davidson's resilience. The statistical population of this research is based on the official statistics of the Iraqi Ministry of Migrants and Displaced Persons Affairs and there are 465 thousand people, after making the necessary coordination with the officials of the POW camps among 383 people (based on the Cochran formula) questionnaires were distributed by random sampling method. became Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to analyze the data. Results: The findings of the present study showed that the participants in the study suffered from significant mental disorders on average, and all dimensions of the morbid symptoms index were reported at the level of significant mental disorders. Also, based on the results of people's resilience, it was also reported at an unfavorable level. Resilience dimensions include perception of individual competence, trust in individual differences, tolerance of negative emotions, positive acceptance of change and secure relationships, and spiritual influences at an unfavorable level and control at a relatively favorable level. Conclusion: The results of this research indicated that resilience can predict the index variable of morbid symptoms in an inverse way. In this study, it was observed that people who had less resilience are more prone to mental disorders.

An overview of the methods for evaluating the resilience of groundwater systems

Currently, groundwater resources are under anthropogenic and natural pressures. Depending on various factors, aquifers have diverse responses toward stresses. Resilience is among the performance criteria determining the ability of an aquifer to withstand unfavorable circumstances and to recover to a steady state after a failure. Hence, making use of this concept in groundwater systems is of cruciality in sustainable groundwater resources management. The main objective of the current research is to provide an overview on the employed procedures and existing difficulties appertaining to the appraisal of groundwater resilience. To this end, 36 studies which have evaluated groundwater resilience were regarded. Results highlighted that not only a very limited literature has employed groundwater resilience, but there also exist multiple knowledge gaps and complications, including resilience dimension, data scarcity and inaccuracies. In terms of groundwater quality and saltwater intrusion much little research exist, i.e. 7 studies among 36 ones. Evaluating groundwater resilience quantitatively, 11 methods were distinguished, each of which with its own advantages and disadvantages which may be engaged depending on factors such as available data and type of aquifer. Finally, more groundwater resilience analyses must be conducted at different spatiotemporal scales in order to preserve aquifers for the future generations.In summary, followings may be regarded to evaluate groundwater resilience:•To begin with, it must be specified which aspect of the aquifer's resilience and toward which unsatisfactory condition is planned to be considered.•Provided that no groundwater modeling is intended to be conducted, the observation data may be analyzed, considering the current state, governing violations, and new steady state.•On condition that groundwater simulation is planned to be conducted, subsequent to model's calibration and verification, the response of the aquifer, as a resilience criterion, is determined.

Trust Relationship with Suppliers, Collaborative Action, and Manufacturer Resilience in the COVID-19 Crisis.

Frequent emergencies highlight the importance of corporate resilience, and relationship governance behaviors have received much attention for improving firms' resilience. This study uses structural equation modeling to test hypotheses based on trust theory and synergy theory. It investigates the impact of the behavioral operations management approach of collaborative action on manufacturers' resilience in Chinese manufacturing firms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Environmental uncertainty is used as a moderating variable to explore its role between the trust relationship with suppliers and collaborative action, which are two types of relationship management behaviors. The results show that collaborative action positively affects each of the three stages of manufacturer resilience. Moreover, collaborative action mediates between the trust relationship with suppliers and the different dimensions of manufacturer resilience. Environmental uncertainty does not moderate the facilitative effect of the trust relationship with suppliers on collaborative action. This study examines the relational governance behavior of firms in the context of a particular Chinese culture to build a bridge between relational governance behavioral science and firm resilience management. This study tries to provide inspiration for managers to improve the risk management ability of manufacturing enterprises by using relationship management theory and behavioral science.

Measuring Community Resilience and Its Determinants: Relocated Vulnerable Community in Western China.

With the full implementation of poverty alleviation resettlement (PAR), the restoration and improvement of the comprehensive living standards of relocated households have received increasing attention from policy researchers. The measurement of resilience and its determinants provides new ideas for PAR at the community level. This article proposes a method for examining community resilience in the context of PAR through a survey of 459 relocated households in western China and uses regression analysis to identify the determinants of community resilience. The results showed that the four dimensions of community resilience, in descending order, included: environmental resilience, economic resilience, management resilience, and social resilience. Income level and livelihood diversification were positively correlated with the community resilience index. Relocation time, relocation type, and resettlement mode were all essential determinants of the community resilience of relocated households. Finally, some suggestions were put forward, such as the need to build an interpersonal relationship network, guide pure farmers and non-farmers to transform into diversified livelihood households, and formulate a unified community action plan and interest protection mechanism so as to provide a reference for decision-making among managers to make decisions.

COVID-19 Korkusu ve Öznel İyi Oluş: Bilişsel Esneklik ve Psikolojik Sağlamlığın Sıralı Aracı Rolü

The negative relationship between fear of COVID-19 and well-being has been revealed over the last years. However, the potential variables that affect this relationship need to be studied. This study examines the sequential mediating role of cognitive flexibility and psychological resilience in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and subjective well-being. Six hundred and eight participants (339 females and 269 males, aged between 18-79 years) completed the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the Brief Resilience Scale, the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale online. The path analysis was conducted using PROCESS macro in the study. The sequential mediation analyses show that the control dimension of cognitive flexibility and psychological resilience fully mediate the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and subjective well-being. In other words, fear of COVID-19 indirectly affects subjective well-being via the control dimension of cognitive flexibility and psychological resilience. In order to restrain the adverse effects of COVID-19, individuals’ cognitive flexibility and psychological resilience levels should be increased to enhance their well-being.

Community Resilience and COVID-19: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Resilience Attributes in 16 Countries.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused massive disruptions to governments and societies across the world. While public healthcare systems have come under immense pressure, public trust in governments and institutions are also in decline. In this paper, we seek to assess the resilience of policy systems and processes in 16 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic through the use of fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA). We focus specifically on robustness, preparedness, social capital, and institutional strength as key attributes of community resilience at city-level. Our analysis of the data reveals that COVID-19 resilience is dependent on a combination of factors, with a multi-factorial approach to policy design and governance necessary for effective pandemic and disaster recovery.

Sustainability and resilience-oriented prioritization of oil and gas produced water treatment technologies: A novel decision support system under circular intuitionistic fuzzy set

The transition towards sustainable water resources management (SWRM) needs for employing proper treatment technologies for pollutant removal from polluted waters and ensures the development in the dimensions of sustainability (including environmental, economic, technological, and social aspects) and resilience in the region. Utilizing these technologies for treating waters produced by oil and gas fields in Behbahan city (in the southwest of Iran) is considered. The oil and gas produced water treatment technologies (OGPWTTs) can assist local authorities, governments, investors, and developers to reduce climate change, environmental pollution, the threats related to food security and public health, and construct sustainable communities. With the aim of balance between the issues in the context of sustainability and resilience policies, 20 criteria (principles) are considered. The research takes into consideration the applicability of a novel decision support system namely circular intuitionistic fuzzy set (CIFS)-based combinative distance-based assessment (CODAS). The CIFS-CODAS can be used to choose suitable technologies in a sustainable mode, considering the principles related to sustainability and resilience aspects. It comprises various technologies for the treatment of produced water from oil and gas extraction and production activities and prioritizes technologies for three steps of primary, secondary, and tertiary treatments as follows, respectively: API gravity separator technology, Adsorption technology, and MPPE technology. This work can be valuable and practical to manage produced water and help to achieve the purposes of environmental sustainability and a green future in the oil & gas industry.