From mission to mindset : how organizational purpose shapes first responder resilience-building

Šlebir, Miha (avtor), Vuga Beršnak, Janja (avtor)

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.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: first responders, resilience, organizational resilience, crisis management, mental health, stress, Slovenian Armed Forces, Slovenian Police, Slovenia, public healthcare system
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2026
• Št. strani: 17 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 12, iss. 2, art. 39
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-185107
• UDK: 35:614.88(497.4)
• ISSN pri članku: 2313-576X
• DOI: 10.3390/safety12020039
• COBISS.SI-ID: 271106051
• Datum objave v RUL: 27.07.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Safety
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 2313-576X
• COBISS.SI-ID: 4189640

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: J5-50161
• Naslov: Socialnoekološki dinamični modeli duševnega zdravja: breme kompleksne krize med zaposlenimi v kritičnih poklicih

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0206
• Naslov: Obramboslovje