An Examination on Individual Resilience to Achieve Organisational Resilience

The construction industry is a diverse and complex sector consisting of projects that include development phases and stakeholders’ interaction. However, in a crisis, the industry gets immensely exposed to unanticipated events that disrupt original plans, operation and progress of organisations. After the recent pandemic, the effort to ensure the preparedness of construction organisations against future adversities has become a focus for the sector. Thus, the paper aims to get a detailed insight into the relationship between individual and organisational resilience, exploring whether resilient individuals are sufficient for attaining organisational resilience in the construction industry. The research also investigates the existence of any intermediating factors that can facilitate individual resilience in procuring organisational resilience. The methodology of the study would be systematic literature review, specifically focused on the resilience of New Zealand construction industry. The results of the paper would present crucial links between employees and resilient organisations. This will help in understanding the role of mediating factors and will foster holistic resilience-building programs across different levels in construction organisation.