Modelling organisational resilience of public sector organisations to navigate complexity: empirical insights from Lithuania

Mindaugas Butkus, Giovanni Schiuma, Ilona Bartuseviciene (), Lina Volodzkiene, Ona Grazina Rakauskiene and Laura Dargenyte-Kacileviciene
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Mindaugas Butkus: Mykolas Romeris University
Giovanni Schiuma: Libera Universita Mediterranea
Ilona Bartuseviciene: Mykolas Romeris University
Lina Volodzkiene: Mykolas Romeris University
Ona Grazina Rakauskiene: Mykolas Romeris University
Laura Dargenyte-Kacileviciene: Mykolas Romeris University

Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2024, vol. 19, issue 2, No 7, 373-399

Abstract: Abstract Public sector organisations are increasingly tasked to adapt and evolve, dealing with shocks and disturbances without compromising their role as wealth generators. However, as complex adaptive systems, they do not manifest equal capacity for adaptation and evolution in response to complexity. This article explores the role of resilience in public sector organisations and sheds light on the interactions between different elements of resilience that enable these organisations to navigate complexity. The study combines a systematic literature review and a quantitative empirical investigation to propose and test a framework of organisational resilience in the public sector. It identifies planning, adaptation, and enhanced learning as critical phases to explain organisational resilience and how they intervene dynamically when dealing with adversity. The empirical investigation analyses the Lithuanian public sector organisations and explains the relationships among the model dimensions. The paper offers a model for theory development to understand the dimensions of the resilience of complex adaptive public sector organisations and how they interrelate with each other. For practice, it suggests which aspects are relevant to help public sector organisations develop their capacity to build resilience and overcome adversity.

Keywords: Organisational resilience; Resilience development; Public sector; Complex adaptive systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D81 D83 D91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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