The Evolutionary Role of Interorganizational Communication
Modeling Social Capital in Disaster Contexts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2270113 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marya L Doerfel (0000-0003-3226-1582, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), C H Lai (0000-0001-8060-6114), Chih-Hui Lai (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Lisa V Chewning (Pennsylvania State University) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 125-162 |
| Publication date | 2010-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Communication Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0360-3989 • E-ISSN: 1468-2958 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2010.01371.x |
| OpenAlex | W1988652984 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 69 |
Employing a community ecology perspective, this study examines how interorganizational (IO) communication and social capital (SC) facilitated organizational recovery after Hurricane Katrina. In-depth interviews with 56 New Orleans organizations enabled longitudinal analysis and a grounded theory model that illustrates how communication differentiated four phases of recovery: personal emergency, professional emergency, transition, rebuilding. Communicative action taking place across phases corresponds with the evolutionary mechanisms. Most organizations did not turn to interorganizational relationships (IORs) until the transitional phase, during which indirect ties were critical and incoming versus outgoing communication was substantively different. Organizations did not consistently use IO SC until the last phase. This study underlines the fact that organizations and their systems are fundamentally human and (re)constructed through communicative action. Le role evolutionnaire de la communication interorganisationnelle : la presentation du capital social en contextes de desastres Marya L. Doerfel, Chih-Hui Lai, & Lisa V. Chewning Adoptant la perspective de l’ecologie des communautes, cette etude examine la maniere dont la communication interorganisationnelle et le capital social ont facilite le retablissement organisationnel apres l’ouragan Katrina. Des entretiens en profondeur avec 56 organisations de la Nouvelle-Orleans ont permis une analyse longitudinale et un modele de theorie ancree illustrant la maniere dont la communication distinguait quatre stades de retablissement : l’urgence personnelle, l’urgence professionnelle, la transition et la reconstruction. L’action communicationnelle ayant lieu a travers les stades correspond aux mecanismes evolutionnaires. La plupart des organisations ne se sont pas tournees vers les relations interorganisationnelles avant le stade de transition, au cours duquel les liens indirects etaient cruciaux et la communication entrante etait significativement differente de la communication sortante. Les organisations n’utilisaient pas systematiquement le capital social interorganisationnel avant le dernier stade. Cette etude souligne le fait que les organisations et leurs systemes sont fondamentalement humains et (re)construits a travers l’action communicationnelle. Die evolutionare Rolle von Kommunikation zwischen Organisationen: Die Modellierung von sozialem Kapital im Kontext von Katastrophen Marya L. Doerfel, Chih-Hui Lai, & Lisa V. Chewning Unter Anwendung einer gesellschaftsokonomischen Perspektive untersucht diese Studie, wie Kommunikation zwischen Organisationen und soziales Kapital die Erholung von Organisationen nach Hurrikan Katrina erleichterte. Tiefeninterviews mit 56 Organisationen in New Orleans ermoglichten eine Langsschnittanalyse und ein Grounded Theory Modell, welches zeigt, wie die Kommunikation sich in vier Phasen der Regeneration unterteilt: personlicher Notfall, professioneller Notfall, Ubergang, Erneuerung. Kommunikatives Handeln, welches in allen Phasen stattfand, korrespondiert mit evolutionaren Mechanismen. Die meisten Organisationen wandten sich nicht Beziehungen zwischen Organisationen zu bis sie in die transitionale Phase kamen, in welcher indirekte Beziehungen wichtig waren und eingehende versus ausgehende Kommunikation fundamental verschieden waren. Organisationen nutzen soziales Kapital zwischen Organisationen durchgehend bis auf die letzte Phase. Die Studie unterstreicht die Tatsache, dass Organisationen und ihre Systeme elementar menschlich sind und durch kommunikatives Handeln konstruiert und rekonstruiert werden. El Rol Evolucionario de la Comunicacion entre Organizaciones: Modelando el Capital Social en los Contextos de Desastre Marya L. Doerfel, Chih-Hui Lai, & Lisa V. Chewning School of Communication and Information Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA Resumen Empleando una perspectiva de comunidad ecologica, este estudio examina como la comunicacion entre organizaciones y el capital social (SC) facilitaron la recuperacion despues del Huracan Katrina. Entrevistas en profundidad de 56 organizaciones de Nuevo Orleans permitieron un analisis longitudinal y un modelo de teoria construido sobre los datos que ilustran como la comunicacion diferencio 4 fases de recuperacion: emergencia personal, emergencia profesional, transicion y reconstruccion. La accion comunicativa se lleva a cabo a traves de las fases correspondientes con los mecanismos de evolucion. La mayoria de las organizaciones no recurrieron a las relaciones entre organizaciones (IORs) hasta la fase transicional, durante la cual los lazos indirectos fueron criticos y la comunicacion de entrada versus la de salida fueron substantivamente diferentes. Las organizaciones no son consistentemente usadas con IO SC hasta la ultima fase. Este estudio subraya el hecho que las organizaciones y sus sistemas son fundamentalmente humanos y (re)construidos a traves de la accion de la comunicacion
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| Citations per year | 1,69 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |