Resilience: Organisational Research

Research Group Summary

The commercial resilience research group encompasses a wide range research focusing on preparedness planning, policy development and economic impact assessment. Research in these areas helps to support the development of better-prepared and resilient organisations and industries, and contributes to the commercial and financial health of the community.

Key Contact

• Joana C Kuntz: Researcher; School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing

Members - UC Staff

• Jeremy Finn: Research Supervisor; Faculty of Law
• Joerg Finsterwalder: Researcher; Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
• Tracy Karen Hatton: Researcher; Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
• Zita Joyce: Researcher; Media and Communication
• Simon Kemp: Research Supervisor; School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing
• Joana C Kuntz: Researcher; School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing
• Venkataraman Nilakant: Researcher; Business Taught Masters Programmes
• Erica Seville: Researcher; Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
• Elizabeth Toomey: Research Supervisor; Faculty of Law
• John James Vargo: Researcher; Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
• Bernard Walker: Researcher; Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship

• Building Resilient Infrastructure through Effective Leadership and Management of Infrastructure Organisations
• Collaborative Approaches to the Recovery of Organisations Post-Disaster
• Construction industry capacity for recovery and rebuild
• Does a Major Disaster Influence the ‘Zone of Tolerance’ in a Customer Relationship to a Service Provider?
• Earthquake Tourism
• Financial Support Following Natural Disaster
• Legal issues consequent on natural disasters
• NHRP - Business impact survey program
• NHRP - Business impact survey program: Tourism Sector
• Organisational Responding to an Extended Disaster Situation: Post-disaster Management of Human Resources
• Post-Disaster Marketing – An Investigation of Canterbury Service Providers’ Response Strategy
• Supporting business recovery following the 22 February Christchurch Earthquake: short term collaborative research project
• The effectiveness of the law relating to landlords and tenants in the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes
• Exploring the impact of the Canterbury Earthquakes on restaurant survival rates

• Resilience: Commercial: Economics; Human Resource Management; Organisational Resilience and Recovery; Service Provider Response

• Employee Resilience Research
  
• Leading and Managing Resilient Organisations
  
• Societal Resilience - NHRP