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Team Resilience as a Second-Order Emergent State: A Theoretical Model and Research Directions
Clint Bowers1, Christine Kreutzer1, Janis Cannon-Bowers2
1Department of Psychology, University of Central FloridaOrlando, FL, United States.
Abstract:
Resilience has been recognized as an important phenomenon for understanding how individuals overcome difficult situations. However, it is not only individuals who face difficulties; it is not uncommon for teams to experience adversity. When they do, they must be able to overcome these challenges without performance decrements.This manuscript represents a theoretical model that might be helpful in conceptualizing this important construct. Specifically, it describes team resilience as a second-order emergent state. We also include research propositions that follow from the model.
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