Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/287411 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Small Business Economics [ISSN:] 1573-0913 [Volume:] 58 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Springer US [Place:] New York, NY [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 689-716
Publisher: 
Springer US, New York, NY
Abstract: 
This study examines the influence of organizational psychological capital on the performance of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) during crises. We argue that SMEs use their intangible resources to cope with difficult situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, we investigate how organizational psychological capital impacts performance and creative innovation through such intangible resources, namely, organizational citizenship behavior, solidarity, and cooperation. Methodologically, we combine structural equation modelling and regression analysis on a dataset of 379 SMEs. Our results support the notion that organizational psychological capital positively influences creative innovation of SMEs and thus performance during crises. Our research contributes to the organizational behavior literature by showing that psychological resources of SMEs can strengthen performance in times of crisis and help to prepare for future ones.
Subjects: 
Crisis
Individual psychological capital
Organizational psychological capital
Performance
Creativity
Organizational citizenship behavior
JEL: 
L20
L25
L26
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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