...Zi Xuan Chan; Yibai Wang; Lin Yuan; Xiaoyun Chen; Yukun Feng Purpose Building on upper echelons theory, this study explores the influence of managerial cognition on firm innovation during times of crisis. Specifically, we aim to disentangle the concept of cognitive complexity by examining how CEOs...

...Laëtitia Lethielleux; Caroline Demeyère; Amélie Artis; Martine Vézina; Jean-Pierre Girard Purpose This article examines the links between nonprofits and communities’ resilience during the COVID-19 crisis. Previous research on resilience has overlooked nonprofits, with limited studies...

...Pooya Tabesh; Dusya M. Vera Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how top management teams' expertise in comprehensive and intuitive decision-making contributes to effective improvisational decision-making in times of crisis. Also, improvisational decision-making, as a means...

...Amanda S. Hinojosa; Megan J. Doughty Shaine; Kelly Davis McCauley Purpose We discuss how attachment theory can help leaders maintain security in their relationships with followers during crisis, using the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic as an example. We describe how the COVID-19 pandemic has...

...Murad A. Mithani; Ipek Kocoglu Purpose The proposed theoretical model offers a systematic approach to synthesize the fragmented research on organizational crisis, disasters and extreme events. Design/methodology/approach This paper offers a theoretical model of organizational responses...

... of the manuscript are fourfold. First, COVID-19 represents a timely and specific example of an unprecedented crisis faced by firms. This particular example represents an unprecedented crisis in that, many crisis situations firms face, are better defined. For instance, hurricanes are generally monitored for weeks...

...Katerina Gonzalez; Christoph Winkler Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a process view into moments of entrepreneurial crisis within the venture formation process caused by environmental stressors. A new construct is conceptualized, the entrepreneurial breaking point (EBP...