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

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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)

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.

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  • Mindaugas Butkus & Giovanni Schiuma & Ilona Bartuseviciene & Lina Volodzkiene & Ona Grazina Rakauskiene & Laura Dargenyte-Kacileviciene, 2024. "Modelling organisational resilience of public sector organisations to navigate complexity: empirical insights from Lithuania," Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Springer;Society for Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, vol. 19(2), pages 373-399, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jeicoo:v:19:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s11403-023-00403-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s11403-023-00403-x
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    Keywords

    Organisational resilience; Resilience development; Public sector; Complex adaptive systems;
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    JEL classification:

    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making

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