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Antecedents to bounce forward : a case study tracing the resilience of inter-organisational projects in the face of disruptions

Iao-Jörgensen, Jenny LU orcid (2023) In International Journal of Project Management 41(2).
Abstract
Inter-organisational projects depend on stakeholder interactions and joint decision-making to perform and continually adjust to variations. This paper examines the emergence of transformative resilience (i.e., dynamic project capabilities to pursue fundamentally new strategies and practices) when facing external disruptions. A process-orientated case study was conducted within a culturally diverse project network of disaster risk management actors from Sweden and four Asian countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found three crucial interactional considerations in the premise of project resilience during challenging times. These considerations concern contextual (through proactivity for a common picture and centralisation of... (More)
Inter-organisational projects depend on stakeholder interactions and joint decision-making to perform and continually adjust to variations. This paper examines the emergence of transformative resilience (i.e., dynamic project capabilities to pursue fundamentally new strategies and practices) when facing external disruptions. A process-orientated case study was conducted within a culturally diverse project network of disaster risk management actors from Sweden and four Asian countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found three crucial interactional considerations in the premise of project resilience during challenging times. These considerations concern contextual (through proactivity for a common picture and centralisation of linkages), behavioural (through stakeholders’ willingness to engage, commit and distribute
agency), and cognitive embeddedness (through appreciation of diversity and reflexivity of actions). The findings enrich our understanding of resilience with new insights into the sequential and antecedent role of social embeddedness in projects’ organisational transformation and the complexity of inter-organisational relationships in uncertain times. (Less)
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project resilience, adaptation, transformative resilience, inter-organisational collaboration, social embeddedness, Aid implementation, Nepal, Bangladesh, Philippines
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International Journal of Project Management
volume
41
issue
2
article number
102440
pages
15 pages
publisher
Elsevier
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  • scopus:85147841569
ISSN
0263-7863
DOI
10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102440
project
Navigating Open Polities for Change in Swedish Bilateral Develpment Cooperation Projects (PhD research project)
Ongoing Evaluation of Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) International Training Program Disaster Risk Management
PhD research project
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English
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yes
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International Journal of Project Management 41 (2023) 102440
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