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Towards a Holistic Definition of Post-pandemic Resilience: The Pacific Context

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  • Arun Abraham Elias

    (Rajagiri Business School
    Victoria University of Wellington)

  • Matthew Pepper

    (Rajagiri Business School
    University of Wollongong)

  • Gurmeet Singh

    (The University of the South Pacific)

Abstract

Post-pandemic resilience in the Pacific region presents some unique, context-specific, economic, social, environmental, and political challenges as well as opportunities. This study aims at developing a holistic definition of post-pandemic resilience in the Pacific context, based on the interconnected aspects and factors that contribute. As there is a gap in the literature for a holistic definition of post-pandemic resilience based on empirical studies from the Pacific Island countries, this study tries to plug that gap. Using a qualitative systems thinking approach, data was collected from primary and secondary sources including semi-structured interviews with ten senior leaders in the Pacific. This study first captures the multiple levels and different interconnected aspects of post-pandemic resilience in the Pacific and then presents a holistic definition. An analysis of the different papers published in this special issue based on this holistic definition and their contexts is also provided in this article. Overall, this study contributes to the literature and practice on post-pandemic resilience by developing a holistic definition using an empirical study based in the Pacific.

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  • Arun Abraham Elias & Matthew Pepper & Gurmeet Singh, 2023. "Towards a Holistic Definition of Post-pandemic Resilience: The Pacific Context," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 24(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:gjofsm:v:24:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1007_s40171-024-00377-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s40171-024-00377-0
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