Wer Veränderungen und Krisen in seinem Umfeld ohne Blessuren meistert und aus widrigen Umständen wieder zu alter Kraft findet oder sogar gestärkt daraus hervorgeht, der zeichnet sich als widerstandsfähig oder auch resilient aus. Dies gilt für Menschen und Betriebe gleichermaßen. Die...

This paper builds on the idea that trust is a matter of embedded agency where trustors and trustees, as actors, interpret the social context in which they are embedded. Insofar as this context is institutionalized, trust may be quite 'normal' and achieved fairly easily by reference to...

Individuals with a strong focus on opportunities believe that they will have many new goals, plans, options, and possibilities in their personal future. This dissertation consists of four empirical studies that investigated which person- and context-related factors help individuals to maintain a...