Configurational Effects of Social Capital and Dynamic Capability on Project Resilience in Megaprojects

Confronted with unexpected events, project resilience is significant for megaproject delivery success. A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis is used to explore the practical configuration conditions for project resilience in 81 megaprojects. The findings verify the complementary effect of social capital and dynamic capabilities on project resilience and reveal that the antecedent configuration conditions for proactive and reactive resilience differ. Our study broadens the literature on antecedents of project resilience and expands their complex relationship based on resource-based and dynamic-capability views. Moreover, it provides practical strategies to improve megaprojects’ proactive and reactive resilience.