Mitigating workplace adversity through employee resilience

Purpose: This paper aims to present the how resilience can mitigate workplace adversity and human resource practices (HRPs) to build capacity for resilience in employees. Design/methodology/approach: A review of the literature was conducted for employee resilience. Findings: Resilience can mitigate the negative effects of occupational and workplace adversity on employees. HRPs through job design, training and development and social support were found to foster capacity for resilience in employees and support organizational performance. Practical implications: Organizations can use the findings to build organizational and human resource (HR) strategies to develop employee resilience. Originality/value: The value of the paper is in presenting how employee resilience can lessen negative effects from workplace adversity and provide HR strategies to build resilience.