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Beyond coping: The shift of the resilience capability towards antifragility in high-pressure innovation environments
| Resumo: | This thesis investigates the strategic fit of team resilience in high-pressure innovation environments through the theoretical lens of Microfoundations and Dynamic Capabilities, using a multi-method approach that combines a survey (16 responses), 15 interviews with team members and managers, and around 6 hours of strategic meeting observations and transcript material from cross-team reunions. The study focuses on 4 Siemens E-Mobility R&D teams complemented by interviews with senior managers responsible for global cross-country teams who had also experienced disruptive events. The findings reveal that, although improvisation and coping processes under stress are consistent and strong, routines of anticipation and post-adversity learning remain fragile, making resilience predominantly reactive. Contextual factors such as trust and psychological safety act as buffers but prove insufficient without cognitive alignment and organisational stability. A novel contribution is the explicit identification of detrimental outcomes as a boundary condition, demonstrating that resilience is not infinite: under persistent turbulence or ill-prepared interventions it can compromise performance. Building on theory and empirical evidence, the study proposes a Resilience Building Model, which frames resilience as a recursive, multilevel process in which the outcomes of one episode feed into the resources and routines available for future challenges. The model links the microfoundations of resilience to the dimensions of "sensing, seizing, and transforming" in dynamic capabilities theory, positioning resilience not as ad hoc improvisation but as an organisational capability that can be developed and should pursue antifragility. The dissertation thus offers a coherent framework for analysing, evaluating, and strengthening resilience in multinational R&D contexts, transforming adversity into an opportunity for organisational growth. |
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| Autores principais: | Velho, Luan Fernandes |
| Assunto: | Team resilience Microfoundations Dynamic capabilities Antifragility R&D innovation Strategic fit Resiliência em equipes Microfundamentos Capabilidades dinâmicas Antifragilidade Inovação em P&D Alinhamento estratégico |
| Ano: | 2025 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | ISCTE |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Repositório ISCTE |
| Resumo: | This thesis investigates the strategic fit of team resilience in high-pressure innovation environments through the theoretical lens of Microfoundations and Dynamic Capabilities, using a multi-method approach that combines a survey (16 responses), 15 interviews with team members and managers, and around 6 hours of strategic meeting observations and transcript material from cross-team reunions. The study focuses on 4 Siemens E-Mobility R&D teams complemented by interviews with senior managers responsible for global cross-country teams who had also experienced disruptive events. The findings reveal that, although improvisation and coping processes under stress are consistent and strong, routines of anticipation and post-adversity learning remain fragile, making resilience predominantly reactive. Contextual factors such as trust and psychological safety act as buffers but prove insufficient without cognitive alignment and organisational stability. A novel contribution is the explicit identification of detrimental outcomes as a boundary condition, demonstrating that resilience is not infinite: under persistent turbulence or ill-prepared interventions it can compromise performance. Building on theory and empirical evidence, the study proposes a Resilience Building Model, which frames resilience as a recursive, multilevel process in which the outcomes of one episode feed into the resources and routines available for future challenges. The model links the microfoundations of resilience to the dimensions of "sensing, seizing, and transforming" in dynamic capabilities theory, positioning resilience not as ad hoc improvisation but as an organisational capability that can be developed and should pursue antifragility. The dissertation thus offers a coherent framework for analysing, evaluating, and strengthening resilience in multinational R&D contexts, transforming adversity into an opportunity for organisational growth. |
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