Does Wildfire Exposure Influence Corporate Disaster Preparedness? A Study of Natural Resources Extraction Firms in Canada

IF 4.2 4区 管理学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Emily Lalonde, Brent McKnight, Francois Robinne
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Abstract

Managers must make critical disaster preparation decisions to protect firm assets from the threat of wildfire activity. Prior literature stresses the importance of past disaster experience as a key driver of disaster preparation. The article finds that, while experience with disasters is a critical condition, it is insufficient to explain disaster preparation activities by firms. Managerial perceptions including belief in anthropogenic climate change and the perception of increasing wildfires can substitute for direct negative wildfire experience. The article builds configural theory to explain how the psychological “closeness” of wildfire hazards can influence managerial decisions to prepare for disasters in the presence of key organizational characteristics. This study adopts a qualitative comparative analytical approach, drawing on manager surveys and biophysical wildfire data from 20 Canadian mining and resource extraction sites. The article also contrasts manager perceptions of wildfire risk with those of experts and captures a gap in risk perception.
野火是否会影响企业的防灾准备?加拿大自然资源开采企业研究
管理人员必须做出关键的灾难准备决策,以保护公司资产免受野火活动的威胁。先前的文献强调过去的灾难经验的重要性,作为灾害准备的关键驱动因素。本文发现,虽然灾难经验是一个关键条件,但不足以解释企业的备灾活动。管理观念,包括对人为气候变化的信念和对野火增加的看法,可以代替直接的负面野火经验。本文建立了结构理论来解释在关键组织特征存在的情况下,野火灾害的心理“亲密性”如何影响管理决策。本研究采用定性比较分析方法,借鉴了20个加拿大采矿和资源开采地点的管理者调查和生物物理野火数据。文章还对比了管理者对野火风险的看法与专家的看法,并抓住了风险看法的差距。
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11.20
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5.70%
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期刊介绍: Organization & Environment encourages informed discussion about the social roots and consequences of environmental problems and stimulates deeper reflection on the meaning and significance of the natural world. By critically examining the impact of human production and consumption systems on the natural environment, Organization & Environment develops new perspectives on organizations that encourage environmentally sensitive reflection, inquiry, and practice.
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