Organizational adaptability: a conceptual contribution for today’s organizations

Authors

  • Sandra Fraga University of Lisbon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/reop.vol.25.num.1.2014.12017

Keywords:

adaptability, change, career, organizations, resources

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Current organizations face markets which are technologically, economically and socially changing and increasingly turbulent. These trends imply more adaptable responses so that organizations’ can maintain their productivity and survive to the pressures of such markets. The changes and pressures of the organizations’ environment are more frequent and rapid, adding important challenges to the organizational structures. The career adaptability concept (and its dimensions concern, control, curiosity and confidence) theoretically proposed by Mark Savickas and which is centered at the individual, offers a framework with potential to be transferred and applied to organizations. The present article aims to demonstrate this concept’s adequacy to the organizations, giving place to a new concept of organizational adaptability. Psychological interventions should address such construct, in order to promote a better fit between workers’ adaptability resources and organizations’ adaptability needs. Adaptability can, ultimately, be an important psychological and organizational variable to improve and enhance an organization’s readiness and resources to cope and manage with anticipated or current changes presented by turbulent work contexts.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

How to Cite

Fraga, S. (2014). Organizational adaptability: a conceptual contribution for today’s organizations. REOP - Revista Española de Orientación y Psicopedagogía, 25(1), 128–136. https://doi.org/10.5944/reop.vol.25.num.1.2014.12017

Issue

Section

Experiencias de innovación y estudios breves / Innovation experiences and brief studies

Similar Articles

<< < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 > >> 

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.