Charities and resilience: From austerity to COVID-19

IF 3.1 Q2 BUSINESS, FINANCE
Vicky Lambert, Audrey Paterson
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Abstract

Understanding how charities have survived, and sometimes thrived, in the face of crisis has given rise to an increased interest in the resilience of these organizations. Research on dealing with uncertainty and crisis situations notes the ability to adapt as a critical resilience component (Siders, 2019). However, resilience and adaptive capacity in the charity sector are under-researched areas. This paper contributes to filling this gap by investigating two midsized Scottish charitable organizations that have weathered two significant crises: austerity as a result of the financial crisis of 2008 and the COVID-19 pandemic. The study findings enhance resilience research by shedding light on the processes, actions and collaborations that facilitate resilience, and the importance of adaptive capacity in response to crisis. Two distinct approaches to resilience were identified: (1) a strategic approach to resilience, where the charity thrived in the face of crisis and demonstrated high levels of adaptive capacity, and (2) a pragmatic approach, where resilience equated to survival, adaptive capacity was low and, as a result, growth was limited.

慈善机构与复原力:从紧缩到 COVID-19
了解慈善组织如何在危机中生存下来,有时甚至茁壮成长,使人们对这些组织的复原力越来越感兴趣。有关应对不确定性和危机局势的研究指出,适应能力是复原力的关键组成部分(Siders,2019 年)。然而,慈善领域的复原力和适应能力研究不足。本文通过对苏格兰两家中型慈善组织的调查,填补了这一空白,这两家组织经历了两次重大危机:2008 年金融危机导致的紧缩政策和 COVID-19 大流行。研究结果阐明了促进复原力的过程、行动和合作,以及应对危机的适应能力的重要性,从而加强了复原力研究。确定了两种不同的抗灾方法:(1) 抗灾能力的战略方法,即慈善机构在危机面前茁壮成长,并表现出较高的适应能力;(2) 实用方法,即抗灾能力等同于生存能力,适应能力较低,因此增长有限。
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