Leadership in collaborative emergency management for compound hurricane‐pandemic threats: Insights from practitioners' experiences

IF 1.9 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-09-11 DOI:10.1002/rhc3.12278

Norah Alshayhan, Saige Hill, Marina Saitgalina, Juita‐Elena (Wie) Yusuf

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Abstract

Abstract Emergency management is a key government function for mitigating risks and reducing the impacts of disasters. Emergency management leaders play a critical role in preparing for and responding to disasters whose impacts are exacerbated by a pandemic. Using the example of the compound threat of hurricanes and the COVID‐19 pandemic, this qualitative research uses insights from emergency management professionals to describe collaborative approaches and leadership skills that help balance the needs for stability and flexibility. Data collected using focus groups and one‐on‐one interviews with emergency management professionals highlight that collaboration involved existing and new partners in a changing and uncertain environment that challenged traditional leadership of emergency management. The study develops understanding of how emergency management leaders navigate the tension between stability and flexibility in this different collaborative emergency management context involving a compound hurricane‐pandemic threat. Findings show that emergency management leaders leverage the stability of established partnerships, plans, and processes to bring in new partners with needed expertise, adjust based on new information, and meet specific COVID‐19 information needs. They utilize several skills to balance stability and flexibility including developing shared vision, stakeholder engagement, strategic thinking, adaptability, communication, and coordination.

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在飓风-流行病复合威胁的协同应急管理中的领导作用:来自从业者经验的见解

应急管理是减轻灾害风险和减少灾害影响的一项重要政府职能。应急管理领导人在防备和应对灾害方面发挥着关键作用，而大流行病会加剧灾害的影响。本定性研究以飓风和COVID - 19大流行的复合威胁为例，利用应急管理专业人员的见解，描述了有助于平衡稳定性和灵活性需求的协作方法和领导技能。通过焦点小组和对应急管理专业人员的一对一访谈收集的数据强调，在不断变化和不确定的环境中，协作涉及现有和新的合作伙伴，这对传统的应急管理领导提出了挑战。该研究加深了对应急管理领导者如何在涉及飓风-流行病复合威胁的不同协作应急管理背景下处理稳定性和灵活性之间的紧张关系的理解。调查结果表明，应急管理领导者利用已建立的伙伴关系、计划和流程的稳定性，引入具有所需专业知识的新合作伙伴，根据新信息进行调整，并满足特定的COVID - 19信息需求。他们利用多种技能来平衡稳定性和灵活性，包括发展共同愿景、利益相关者参与、战略思维、适应性、沟通和协调。

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Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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期刊介绍： Scholarship on risk, hazards, and crises (emergencies, disasters, or public policy/organizational crises) has developed into mature and distinct fields of inquiry. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy (RHCPP) addresses the governance implications of the important questions raised for the respective fields. The relationships between risk, hazards, and crisis raise fundamental questions with broad social science and policy implications. During unstable situations of acute or chronic danger and substantial uncertainty (i.e. a crisis), important and deeply rooted societal institutions, norms, and values come into play. The purpose of RHCPP is to provide a forum for research and commentary that examines societies’ understanding of and measures to address risk,hazards, and crises, how public policies do and should address these concerns, and to what effect. The journal is explicitly designed to encourage a broad range of perspectives by integrating work from a variety of disciplines. The journal will look at social science theory and policy design across the spectrum of risks and crises — including natural and technological hazards, public health crises, terrorism, and societal and environmental disasters. Papers will analyze the ways societies deal with both unpredictable and predictable events as public policy questions, which include topics such as crisis governance, loss and liability, emergency response, agenda setting, and the social and cultural contexts in which hazards, risks and crises are perceived and defined. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy invites dialogue and is open to new approaches. We seek scholarly work that combines academic quality with practical relevance. We especially welcome authors writing on the governance of risk and crises to submit their manuscripts.