“We’re All Just Trying to Survive”: Tension, Contradiction, and Sensemaking in Workers’ Resilience Enactment During COVID-19

Autumn Buzzetta, Meghan R. Cosgrove, Elizabeth A. Williams, Jennifer S. Linvill, Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Department of Technology Leadership , Purdue University, West Lafayette

Management Communication Quarterly

Published online on May 06, 2026

Abstract

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This article examines the tensions and sustainability of resilience practices, particularly during geopolitical, social, and organizational precarity. Using Buzzanell’s (2010) Communication Theory of Resilience (CTR) and conceptualization of adaptive-...