CONNECTING COMMITMENT TO THE RESILIENCE POTENTIAL OF ORGANIZATIONS

This research deals with how the bonds established between individuals and organizations relate to the potential for organizational resilience. The problematization stems from the need for organizations to develop skills to overcome situations of adversity. The general objective is to define the relationship between Organizational Commitment and Organizational Resilience, from the perspective of teachers and managers who work in public schools and, for that, involved identifying the predominant level of commitment among teachers (a); measuring the degree of organizational resilience of schools (b); and the assessment of the relationship between commitment and resilience within the organizations participating in the research (c). The study is quantitative in nature and followed the Survey method to guide the procedures employed, having as its locus public schools located in the Municipality of Rolim de Moura, in the State of Rondônia, Brazil. The results indicate the connection in the behavior of the variables, allowing to verify an intense positive correlation between the constructs. The analysis of the results made it possible to understand Organizational Resilience as an attribute arising from the organization's capacity to stimulate and articulate the commitment of individuals with the achievement of their objectives. The study provides information of interest to researchers, public policy makers and managers