Thesis
Readiness in emergency management
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2013
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/100429
Abstract
In the last thirty years, the field of emergency management has been rapidly expanding. However, very little research has been conducted in the profession in general. The following studies are the first to look at the effects of uncertainty on readiness. The purpose of the current research was to look at how uncertainty is affecting emergency management professionals' readiness to respond to an emergency through self-efficacy. The first study looked at how uncertainty was affecting readiness in terms of uncertainty through three variables, my roles, perceptions of others' roles and perceptions of organizational capacity. The second study looked at how uncertainty was affecting readiness through two variables, group decision-making and communication outlets. Results demonstrated the only strong predictor of readiness was my roles, none of the other variables in either study emerged as a predictor of readiness. These results provide implications as to how uncertainty may be interacting among variables. In addition, the results provide theoretical implications for future research in emergency management.
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Details
- Title
- Readiness in emergency management
- Creators
- Shristine Marie Curtis
- Contributors
- Todd Norton (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525016001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis