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Strategy and Organizational Disaster Preparedness
Author(s) -
BANERJEE MAHASWETA M.,
GILLESPIE DAVID F.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1994.tb00321.x
Subject(s) - preparedness , disaster preparedness , emergency management , set (abstract data type) , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , disaster response , suicide prevention , measure (data warehouse) , medical emergency , computer security , risk analysis (engineering) , business , computer science , medicine , political science , data mining , law , programming language
Strategy is introduced as a predictor of disaster preparedness. Tests with multiple regression show that strategy, disaster experience and capacity for disaster response are the strongest predictors of preparedness. We conclude that the measure of strategy warrants further refinement and that the study of preparedness must move from idiosyncratic, disconnected studies to a more theoretically organized set of studies that verify useful guidelines for monitoring and enhancing disaster preparedness.