Eastern Journal of European Studies (Jun 2023)

Organizational resilience assessment in Lithuania's public sector

  • Mindaugas Butkus,
  • Ona Grazina Rakauskiene,
  • Ilona Bartuseviciene,
  • Andrius Stasiukynas,
  • Ilona Bartuseviciene,
  • Laura Dargenytė-Kacilevičienė

DOI
https://doi.org/10.47743/ejes-2023-0102
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 31 – 56

Abstract

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This study aims to examine the perspective of public sector resilience development, which is explored as a three-stage construct: Planning, Adaptation, and Enhanced Learning. We analyzed whether these three stages are equally important in developing organizational resilience in the public sector. To assess the developmental importance of the three stages of organizational resilience, this study adopted a quantitative methodology. First, expert research was conducted to analyze whether all three stages were equally important in developing organizational resilience. Second, the level of resilience of public sector organizations in Lithuania was assessed by analyzing the survey results of 401 organizations. The results revealed that according to experts, the Adaptation stage is the most important in developing resilience, while Enhanced Learning is the least important. Meanwhile, resilience assessment in the Lithuanian public sector showed that Planning and Adaptation were equally developed, while Enhanced Learning demonstrated a significantly higher score.

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