What enables teams to “bounce back” from adversity? The influence of leader mindfulness on team resilience

Abstract: Team resilience is the key to successful risk response, rapid recovery, and even growth in a crisis. It has been pointed out that team resilience is not only the capacity of a team to bounce back from adversity, but also a dynamic psychological process and a shared belief. Research on team resilience is scant. The limited literature on team resilience falls short on two points. First, the capacity perspective dominates the research, ignoring the dynamic development and the emergence of shared belief in team resilience. Second, antecedent research pays little attention to leader characteristics. Against this backdrop, the current research attempts to characterize the influence mechanism of leader mindfulness on team resilience from capacity, process, and belief perspectives. This study will deepen and expand the research on leader mindfulness and team resilience, and provide practical strategies for teams to survive adversity.