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Interorganizational Interaction in Disaster Response Networks: A Government Perspective
Author(s) -
Quarshie Anne M.,
Leuschner Rudolf
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of supply chain management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.75
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1745-493X
pISSN - 1523-2409
DOI - 10.1111/jscm.12225
Subject(s) - facilitator , government (linguistics) , perspective (graphical) , public relations , business , context (archaeology) , disaster response , process (computing) , actor–network theory , emergency management , knowledge management , marketing , political science , sociology , computer science , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , artificial intelligence , anthropology , law , biology , operating system
Governments play important roles as focal organizations in many interorganizational networks. However, the government perspective has largely been overlooked in the literature on supply networks, including research on humanitarian operations and logistics. So far, little attention has been devoted to how government agencies and other actors interact within complex networks. In this study, we use a qualitative research approach to study interorganizational interaction in the context of a major U.S. disaster: Hurricane Sandy. Specifically, we investigate the relatively successful Sandy response effort conducted by the New Jersey state government in interaction with other humanitarian actors. We find that the government took three main roles in interacting with other actors within the disaster response network: organizer, facilitator, and supply network member. Moreover, we develop a grounded model that provides a theoretical explanation of the interaction process and highlights the practices used by the government during the response stage. In addition to contributing to the humanitarian research domain, our study advances the emerging discourse on networks whose focal actors are not for‐profit firms.

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