Interagency collaboration within the city emergency management network

A case study of Super Ministry Reform in China

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3897626
AutoresBo Fan (0000-0003-1468-0695, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs Shanghai Jiao Tong University China, autor de correspondencia), Zhoupeng Li (Master's Student, School of International and Public Affairs Shanghai Jiao Tong University China), Kevin C Desouza (0000-0002-4734-3081, Professor of Business, Technology and Strategy, QUT Business School Queensland University of Technology Australia)
Año2022
Volumen46
Número2
Páginas371-400
Fecha de publicación2022-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDisasters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/disa.12495
PMID34057750
OpenAlexW3164546937
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas66

Emergencies continue to become ever more complex; responding to them, therefore, often is beyond the capabilities and capacities of any single public agency. Hence, collaboration among these actors is necessary to prepare for, respond to, and recover from such events. This seldom occurs in an effective or efficient manner, however. Drawing on resource dependence theory and the concept of social capital, this paper reveals that different types of collaborative relationships exist within the collaborative network. Super Ministry Reform of Emergency Management in China serves as a case in point. By evaluating network efficiency and classifying the collaborative relationships of involved government agencies, four types are identified: resource-redundant; resource-complementary; resource-dependent; and resource-isolated. The different influences of collaborative relationships explain why the reform is not that effective, although it has led to the merger of several core departments in the emergency management network. The findings are a reminder to consider network structure and collaboration types when engaging in institutional design

Agency (philosophy · Business · China · Christian ministry · Collaborative network · Computer security · Economic growth · Economics · Emergency management · Government (linguistics · Knowledge management · Political science · Public relations · Resource (disambiguation · Resource management (computing · Shared resource · Social capital · Social network analysis · Sociology · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Capital and Networks