Taking the pandemic by its horns: using work-related task conflict to transform perceived pandemic threats into creativity

D De Clercq, R Pereira - The Journal of Applied Behavioral …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigates a pressing topic, related to the connection between employees'
perceptions that the COVID-19 pandemic represents a pertinent threat for their organization …

Crisis management as practice in small‐and medium‐sized enterprises during the first period of COVID‐19

J Fasth, V Elliot, A Styhre - Journal of Contingencies and Crisis …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This article draws attention to the social context and working methods in crisis management.
Based on 1000 interviews with business leaders in Swedish small‐and medium‐sized …

Difficult times, difficult decisions: Examining the impact of perceived crisis response strategies during COVID-19

TM Bricka, Y He, AN Schroeder - Journal of Business and Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, require rapid action to be taken by leaders, despite
minimal understanding of the impact of implemented crisis management policies and …

Economic anxiety and the performance of SMEs during COVID-19: A cross-national study in Kuwait

M Zainal, A Bani-Mustafa, M Alameen, S Toglaw… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The focal aim of the project was to assess the economic anxiety (EA) and the performance of
small and medium enterprises (SMEs) during partial and full lockdowns in Kuwait. The …

Effective crisis management during adversity: organizing resilience capabilities of firms and sustainable performance during COVID-19

C Hu, KH Yun, Z Su, C Xi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drawing on crisis management and organizational resilience literature, this study adopts a
firm's capability-based perspective of organizational resilience to examine how different sets …

Business strategy at times of crisis: leveraging core competencies to sustain competitive advantage

S Marom, RN Lussier - International Journal of Business …, 2021 - inderscienceonline.com
How can business strategy be used to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage during
a major crisis using dynamic capabilities? Business strategy and sustainable competitive …

New normal: Emergence of situational leadership during COVID-19 and its impact on work motivation and job satisfaction

S Aslam, A Saleem, T Kumar, K Parveen - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Globally, COVID-19 has caused rapid changes in the workplace (Kirby, 2020). COVID-19
has disrupted the standard working order of all organizations, including educational, health …

Coalescing skills of gig players and fervor of entrepreneurial leaders to provide resilience strategies during global economic crises

M Arora, RL Sharma - COVID-19's Impact on the Cryptocurrency …, 2022 - igi-global.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused diverse sorts of disruption across the globe. The
pandemic has drastically impacted the economies of almost every country of the world. The …

Staying afloat? Using a reflective cycle approach to examine the effects of crisis on the business resilience of SMEs during COVID-19

N Zakaria, R Sehgal, A Watson… - Journal of General …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study seeks to explore the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the business resilience of
SMEs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as an emerging economy, and specifically in …

Managing uncertain consequences of a global crisis: SMEs encountering adversities, losses, and new opportunities

H Etemad - Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2020 - Springer
more and faster, they faced uncertainties concerning the length of time that the higher
demand would continue to justify the additional investments. The phenomenon of newly …