Resilience in Arts and Cultural Nonprofit Organizations: An Analysis of the Covid-19 Crisis in France

Abstract

This article seeks to analyze the resilience of arts and cultural nonprofit organizations in France during the Covid-19 crisis. A broad survey and multiple logistic regressions highlight the resources availability, the crisis impact, the NPOs’ needs and the reforms they conducted during the first French lockdown. This study shows that the resilience of these NPOs must be differentiated between activity continuity and organizational persistence. Resilience in culture and the arts is specific, based on reforms, and requires special support from partners.

Studie prvotního dopadu pandemie Covid-19 na divadla v České republice

“…Z výše uvedených důvodů lze předpokládat, že odolnost nezávislých divadel je nižší v porovnání s veřejně zřizovanými divadly. Na základě rešerše zahraniční literatury (CISAC, 2021; EY, 2021; UNESCO, 2021) a výše zmíněných zahraničních výzkumů (Kim a Mason, 2020;Plaisance, 2022) tematiku (Kim a Mason, 2020;Plaisance, 2022;Searing et al, 2021). Proměnné byly definovány tak, aby umožnily analyzovat vliv výkonnosti divadel před krizí během roku 2019 a vlastní průběh a dopad pandemie Covid-19 během roku 2020.…”

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“…tangible factors (like sufficient resources) and less tangible ones (e.g., guiding mission and values) as being valuable for managing the crisis. Another study by Plaisance ( 2022 ) reports that the resilience of French cultural NPOs required stable (financial) resources, social/relational capital as well as maintaining human capital (esp. keeping their volunteers).…”

“…( 2020 ) USA – public and nonprofit organizations Fiscal impacts of the pandemic & responses (with an emphasis on financial capacity and organizational flexibility) Paarlberg et al. ( 2020 ) USA – community philanthropic organizations (CPOs) Antecedents of CPOs’ responses to COVID-19 – CPOs activate community resilience Plaisance ( 2022 ) France – arts and cultural NPOs Pandemic impact on human, financial & relational resources; NPOs’ resilience requires financial resources, social/relational capital & human capital …”

“…Countermeasures like lockdowns, quarantines, or social distancing to curb the spread of the virus affected the way we live and work, and posed challenges for organizations of all sectors (Brammer et al. 2020 ; Bailey and Breslin 2021 ; Plaisance 2022 ; Sarkar and Clegg 2021 ). Since the first peak of the pandemic in early 2020, nonprofit organizations (NPOs) have played a major role in responding to this crisis and in mitigating its devastating effects on the local and regional level (Dayson et al.…”

“… 2021 ; Kim and Mason 2020 ; Kober and Thambar 2021 ; Meyer et al. 2021 ; Plaisance 2022 ). Given their often-crucial role in dealing with the pandemic’s effects (and those of other crises, too), it is a relevant endeavor to explore the mechanisms that enable NPOs to weather such hard times.…”