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Power and Cognitive Accuracy in Local Emergency Management Networks
Author(s) -
Choi Sang Ok,
Kim BokTae
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00828.x
Subject(s) - power (physics) , cognition , scholarship , politics , computer science , centrality , emergency management , power management , resource (disambiguation) , knowledge management , psychology , sociology , political science , computer network , law , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics , combinatorics , neuroscience
Using network power bases and cognitive accuracy concepts, this study examines two local emergency management network changes. The authors review five power bases—structural‐based, resource‐based, actor‐based, cognitive‐based, and political‐based power—to explore the perceived power of network actors. Three research propositions are proposed with respect to the relationship between the network power bases and the cognitive accuracy of network participants. The authors find that political‐based power is strongly correlated with perceived power. The article concludes with future research questions and directions for advancing current scholarship on emergency management networks.