This study explores the impact of team proactive motivation on team resilience in project teams and analyzes the role of team learning and team collectivist orientation in the influence process. A total of 242 questionnaires were collected from project management practitioners and hierarchical regression analysis was conducted for the hypotheses test. The results show that team proactive motivation positively affects team resilience, and team learning mediates this relationship. The team collectivist orientation moderates the impact of team learning on team resilience. These findings provide valuable recommendations for project teams to enhance team resilience, which can contribute to a better crisis response.
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