Resilience in Modern Day Organizations (Current Issues in Work and Organizational Psychology)

This international and thought-provoking volume addresses both theoretical and conceptual issues of resilience in modern organizations, looking at areas of concern and providing suggestions for future preventative measures.

In recent years, organizations across the world have been subjected to major upheavals as several crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Economic Crisis, and the Migratory Crisis, have contributed to the changing landscape of work. Individuals, organizations, and societies have been forced to re-think, re-adjust, and re-align in the face of adversity. The “survivors” of such upheavals are those who come to grips with the new realities of our times and encompass resilience in its entirety. This timely collection assesses resilience on critically important variables, such as socio-economic status, occupational type, and gender differences, and highlights preventative measures that organizations and individuals should take to maximise wellbeing and adjustment in these everchanging and challenging times.

Essential reading for students, scholars, practitioners, and policy makers, this volume sheds light on the multi-faceted ways to enhance the resilience paradigm and offers insights into implications for future research in the area.

Ritsa S. J. Fotinatos-Ventouratos is a Professor of Psychology at Deree College, The American College of Greece, where she has been lecturing for over 20 years. She obtained her Doctorate Degree in Organizational Psychology from UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology), UK. Her areas of research lie in the field of psychological wellbeing at work, occupational stress, gender differences, as well as investigating the social impact on the changing and diverse nature of the world of work.

Sir Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is a founding President of the British Academy of Management, Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), former President of RELATE, President of the Institute of Welfare, and Chair of the National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work (comprised of 50 global employers).

Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou is Professor of Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens/Greece and director of the Social and Organisational Psychology Lab. He holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and three PhDs in Psychology, Philosophy, and Management from universities in Greece and in the UK (The University of Manchester and UMIST). He is the director of two academic series and editor/co-editor with distinguished scholars of 22 edited books. His main research interests include work well-being, business ethics, moral leadership, and vulnerable groups at work.