Variations in public and private employees’ perceptions of organizational preparedness for natural disasters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12962791 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Abdul‐akeem Sadiq (0000-0001-8578-1827, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, corresponding author), Jenna Tyler (0000-0003-4145-4490, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 160-177 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-28 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Hazards (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1878-0059 • E-ISSN: 1747-7891 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17477891.2016.1167010 |
| OpenAlex | W2316996961 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
Studies have demonstrated that public and private organizations differ in many respects (e.g. funding mechanisms and risk-taking capabilities). Based on this scholarship, we expect to see differences in their disaster preparedness levels. Hence, we propose the following research question: Are there variations in public and private employees’ perceptions of organizational preparedness for natural disasters? We answer this question by employing the theories of publicness and social identity. We define publicness through the core approach arguing that public and private organizations are uniquely different based on their legal status or ownership and social identity as an individual’s feeling of oneness or belongingness to a particular group or organization. Using data gathered in 2014 from a nationally representative sample of 1634 public and private employees in the United States, we posit that employees of private organizations will report higher preparedness levels in comparison to employees of public organizations. Our proposition is based on scholarship that found a negative relationship between publicness and organizational identification and a positive relationship between organizational identification and organizational performance. Contrary to our proposition, but in line with the disaster literature, the results showed that in general, employees of public organizations reported a higher preparedness level than employees of private organizations
Belongingness · Business · Organizational commitment · Organizational identification · Organizational identity · Political science · Preparedness · Private sector · Public relations · Scholarship · Disaster Management and Resilience · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Social Psychology
Social Identity Theory and the Organization
Introduction to Emergency Management
Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector
Businesses and Disasters
Dimensions of Publicness and Organizational Performance
Voluntary Disclosure of Environmental Performance
A Tale of Two Theories
The Public–Private Distinction
National Surveys Via Rdd Telephone Interviewing Versus the Internet
Research Synthesis
Comparing the Accuracy of RDD Telephone Surveys and Internet Surveys Conducted with Probability and Non-Probability Samples
Comparing Public and Private Organizations
Risk Culture in Public and Private Organizations
The “Publicness Puzzle” in Organization Theory
The Distinction between Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit
Knowledge Sharing in Public Sector Organizations
Comparing Public and Private Management
Comparing Public and Private Organizations
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |