Abstracts
Abstract
In this article, we aim to shed light on the multiple levels of resilience, i.e., the ability to withstand or bounce back from difficulties individually and collectively, and how these levels interact in the case of entrepreneurs with disabilities. The aim is to determine the patterns and processes in the complex dynamics between the three levels of resilience—individual, entrepreneurial and organizational—which the literature describes as important, but without clearly elucidating how they interrelate. This question is crucial: resilience appears to be an essential capability for individuals and organizations alike in an unprecedentedly complex, challenging and uncertain environment. We interviewed twenty entrepreneurs with disabilities in France and found that individual resilience translates into entrepreneurial resilience, which in turn strengthens organizational resilience, via identified characteristics, e.g., anticipation, adaptation and empathy. Entrepreneurial resilience may also feed back into individual resilience, thereby strengthening control, self-efficacy and identity. Capabilities for resilience can be assisted at each level by resilience tutors through emotional, financial or professional support. Because people with disabilities have to develop significant individual resilience capabilities, they may become resilient entrepreneurs who foster resilience and inclusion in their organizations.
Keywords:
- Individual resilience,
- Entrepreneurial resilience,
- Organizational resilience,
- Entrepreneurs with disabilities
Résumé
Dans cet article, nous étudions les mécanismes de résilience et leur articulation à différents niveaux, individuel, entrepreneurial et organisationnel, dans le contexte des entrepreneurs en situation de handicap. La résilience est entendue comme la capacité de faire face aux difficultés et de rebondir après l’adversité.
L’objectif est de déterminer les schémas et processus à l’oeuvre dans les dynamiques complexes entre les trois niveaux de résilience identifiés en sciences de gestion, dont la littérature souligne l’importance sans toutefois en expliquer clairement les articulations. Cette question est cruciale, puisque larésilience apparaît comme une capacité essentielle, tant pour les individus que pour les organisations, dans un environnement d’une complexité, d’une incertitude et de défis sans précédent.
Les résultats de cette étude, menée auprès de vingt entrepreneurs en situation de handicap en France, révèlent que la résilience individuelle se traduit en résilience entrepreneuriale, laquelle renforce à son tour la résilience organisationnelle, à travers certaines modalités identifiées telles que l’anticipation, l’adaptation et l’empathie. Cette recherche suggère également un effet rétroactif positif de la résilience entrepreneuriale sur la résilience individuelle, renforçant le locus de contrôle, le sentiment d’efficacité personnelle et l’identité. Les tuteurs de résilience apparaissent essentiels à chaque niveau pour soutenir ce processus, en apportant un soutien émotionnel, financier ou professionnel. Enfin, du fait de leurs solides capacités individuelles de résilience, les personnes en situation de handicap apparaissent comme des entrepreneurs résilients, capables de favoriser la résilience et l’inclusion au sein de leurs organisations.
Mots-clés :
- Résilience individuelle,
- Résilience entrepreneuriale,
- Résilience organisationnelle,
- Entrepreneurs en situation de handicap
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