| Title: | Exploring resilience through a systems lens : agile antecedents in projectified organizations |
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| Authors: | ID Širovnik, Nuša (Author)
ID Vrečko, Igor (Author) |
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| Files: |  https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/13/7/559
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | EPF - Faculty of Business and Economics
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| Abstract: | As organizations become increasingly projectified, safeguarding the resilience of project professionals and teams emerges as a critical organizational challenge. Adopting a systems lens, we investigate how agile mindsets and agile practices function as systemic antecedents of resilience at the individual and team levels. Eleven semi-structured interviews with experienced project managers, product owners, and team members from diverse industries were analyzed through inductive thematic coding and system mapping. The findings show that mindset supplies psychological resources—self-efficacy, openness and a learning orientation—while practices such as team autonomy, iterative delivery and transparent communication provide structural routines; together they trigger five interlocking mechanisms: empowerment, fast responsiveness, holistic team dynamics, stakeholder-ecosystem engagement and continuous learning. These mechanisms reinforce one another in feedback loops that boost a project system’s adaptive capacity under volatility. The synergy of mindset and practices is especially valuable in hybrid or traditionally governed projects, where cognitive agility offsets structural rigidity. This study offers the first multi-level, systems-based explanation of agile antecedents of resilience and delivers actionable levers for executives, transformation leaders, project professionals, and HR specialists aiming to sustain talent performance in turbulent contexts. |
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| Keywords: | agile mindset, agile practices, complex adaptive systems, human sustainability, projectification, socio-technical systems, systems thinking, team resilience, individual resilience |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 29.04.2025 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 20.06.2025 |
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| Publication date: | 09.07.2025 |
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| Publisher: | MDPI |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-26 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 13, issue 5. spec. iss., [art. no.] 559 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-94174  |
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| UDC: | 005.8 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2079-8954 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 245044995 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/systems13070559 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 06.08.2025 |
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| Views: | 173 |
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| Downloads: | 14 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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