What the study found
The study found that organizational resilience capability, when proactively developed, becomes visible in a crisis and is associated with firm performance through innovative capabilities. The authors also report that strategic human resource management practices help foster and regulate this relationship.
Why the authors say this matters
The authors say the findings help clarify how resilience capability can be turned into performance, especially by showing the roles of innovation and human resource practices. The study suggests these results have implications for theory and practice.
What the researchers tested
The researchers studied large Taiwanese firms using data collected in two waves during and after a crisis. They examined how organizational resilience capability relates to firm performance, and how incremental innovation, radical innovation, and strategic human resource management practices affect that relationship.
What worked and what didn't
The study reports that incremental innovative capability and radical innovative capability mediate the relationship between proactively developed organizational resilience capability and firm performance. It also finds that strategic human resource management practices play a role in fostering and regulating this relationship and the functioning of innovative capabilities.
What to keep in mind
The abstract does not describe specific limitations, and the summary only reports findings from a sample of large Taiwanese firms collected in two waves during and after a crisis. No additional caveats are provided in the available abstract.
Key points
- Organizational resilience capability was linked to firm performance through innovation.
- Incremental and radical innovative capabilities acted as mediators in the relationship.
- Strategic human resource management practices influenced the resilience-performance relationship.
- The study used two-wave data from large Taiwanese firms during and after a crisis.
- The abstract says the findings have implications for theory and practice.
Disclosure
- Research title:
- Organizational resilience capability links to firm performance through innovation
- Authors:
- Yi‐Ying Chang, Susanne Durst, Mathew Hughes, Sascha Kraus, Thomas Clauß, Che‐Yuan Chang
- Institutions:
- National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Reykjavík University, Bangkok University, University of Leicester, University of Siegen, University of Johannesburg, Witten/Herdecke University, University of Southern Denmark, National Taichung University of Education, National Taipei University of Education
- Publication date:
- 2026-03-08
- OpenAlex record:
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