

This full open access paper may interest you – it evaluated the literature to canvass how learning is conceptualized in the Resilience Engineering (RE) research.
They found that theoretical conceptualisations of organizational learning from resilient performance are under-developed, and fragmented.
RE researchers have thus far conceptualised the process of learning as “understanding the system, sharing knowledge, and re-designing system properties”; by example, developing the capabilities of staff in improvisation and adaptive capacity – called resilient skills. [** I’ve covered quite a few papers on resilient skills; check out my site].


They note that “According to the reviewed studies, RE learning occurs in everyday work and after adverse events and incidents. RE highlights learning in and from all work experience, but also in structured activities connected to an organisational process of learning”.
Nevertheless, despite the pronounced focus on learning within RE, they found that the application of established learning theories in this area are limited, except for “some references to Argyris and Schon (1995), Kolb (1984), and Edmondson (1999)”.

Authors: Degerman, H., & Wallo, A. (2024). Conceptualising learning from resilient performance: A scoping literature review. Applied Ergonomics, 115, 104165.
Study link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2023.104165
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