20.500.12556/RUL-185107 From mission to mindset how organizational purpose shapes first responder resilience-building This study aims to investigate how an organization’s purpose (raison d’être) dictates first responder resilience-building. While existing studies often treat first responders as a homogeneous group, this research argues that significant interprofessional differences exist. Using a socioecological framework, the study employs a qualitative, comparative design to analyze three first responder systems: the Slovenian Armed Forces, the Slovenian Police, and Slovenia’s public healthcare system. The analysis is grounded in 31 semi-structured interviews, supplemented by analysis of official documents. The findings reveal three pillars of resilience—training, planning, and experience—and three distinct institutional paradigms. The military fosters a culture of proactive, institutionalized resilience-building oriented toward macro-level crises. The police exhibit a more reactive approach, where resilience-building is often undermined by chronic organizational stressors. In the healthcare system, resilience-building is fragmented and localized, with the burden falling on smaller organizational units to manage micro-level crises of capacity overload. The study concludes that an organization’s raison d’être is a vital socioecological factor that shapes its approach to resilience. first responders resilience organizational resilience crisis management mental health stress Slovenian Armed Forces Slovenian Police Slovenia public healthcare system true false true Angleški jezik Ni določen Članek v reviji 2026-07-23 09:33:32 2026-07-27 14:41:13 2026-07-28 04:03:52 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 17 str. iss. 2, art. 39 Vol. 12 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 35:614.88(497.4) 2313-576X 10.3390/safety12020039 271106051 safety-12-00039-v3.pdf safety-12-00039-v3.pdf 1 2746BD1270C13FCBDFF437C28ED19322 c46ffc7f059b063ce4ee1247251baf2c11fb22301555ef3db051e2e352095dc8 9a2b7414-8668-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=243304 https://www.mdpi.com/2313-576X/12/2/39 1 33369f32-89b8-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=243472 Fakulteta za družbene vede 0 0 0