Platform digitization capability and organizational resilience: examining the roles of resource reconfiguration and environmental munificence

Purpose Despite the importance of platform digitization capability to established firms, empirical research related to platform digitization capability, resource reconfiguration and organizational resilience remains scarce. Based on resource action view and contingency theory, this study constructs an integrated theoretical framework to examine the mediation effect of resource reconfiguration and the moderation effect of environmental munificence in the relationship between resource reconfiguration and organizational resilience. Design/methodology/approach Survey data comprising 312 valid responses are collected from manufacturing firms in China. Partial least squares equation modeling (PLS) was used in this study to test the hypotheses. Findings Results showed that platform digitization capability is positively related to organizational resilience. Resource recombination and resource reallocation mediate the platform digitization capability–organizational resilience relationship. Furthermore, environmental munificence significantly strengthens the relationship between resource recombination and organizational resilience while weakens the relationship between resource reallocation and organizational resilience. Originality/value This study reveals the path of platform digitization capability affecting organizational resilience, discusses the different role of resource recombination and resource reallocation and makes incremental contributions to resource action view. It also studies the impact of resource reconfiguration on organizational resilience under the condition of environmental munificence, which provides a new perspective for the study of organizational resilience and enriches the application of contingency theory in the crisis context.