To coordinate or not? A configurational approach to understand public organizations' emergency preparedness coordination
By: Xiang, Tianyi and Chen, Yifan
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BookPublisher: Public Administration Review Description: 84(5), Sep-Oct, 2024: p.817-832.Subject(s): Public Administration, Emergency Preparedness, Coordination, Public Organizations, Configurational Approach, Crisis Management, Governance, Organizational Studies, Policy Implementation, Disaster Response, Resilience
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Public Administration ReviewSummary: This article investigates the complexities of coordination among public organizations in the context of emergency preparedness. Using a configurational approach, it explores how different organizational structures, governance models, and resource arrangements influence the effectiveness of coordination during crises. The study highlights the trade-offs between centralized and decentralized coordination, as well as the role of inter-agency collaboration in enhancing resilience. By situating coordination within broader debates on public administration and crisis governance, the paper underscores the importance of adaptive strategies that balance efficiency, flexibility, and accountability in emergency preparedness. With increasing hazard risks, coordinating public agencies to address emerging threats has become a pressing challenge for public administration. However, little empirical research explores why some public organizations actively coordinate with others in preparation for future crises while others do not. The related research relies on correlation-based approaches and generates inconclusive findings. To further extend current inquiry, this study takes a configurational approach and examines which configurations of organizational attributes—and environmental characteristics—lead to emergency preparedness coordination. A configurational model for emergency preparedness coordination is proposed along with three propositions. We conducted a large-N fuzzy-set QCA to examine U.S. public transit agencies' interorganizational coordination in preparation for the extreme weather events. Findings demonstrate that it is the configurations rather than individual attributes that are essential for active preparedness coordination. Both top-down and bottom-up mechanisms can achieve active coordination and managerial commitment is a critical contingency factor.- Reproduced
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/puar.13752
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | 84(5), Sep-Oct, 2024: p.817-832 | Available | AR133339 |
This article investigates the complexities of coordination among public organizations in the context of emergency preparedness. Using a configurational approach, it explores how different organizational structures, governance models, and resource arrangements influence the effectiveness of coordination during crises. The study highlights the trade-offs between centralized and decentralized coordination, as well as the role of inter-agency collaboration in enhancing resilience. By situating coordination within broader debates on public administration and crisis governance, the paper underscores the importance of adaptive strategies that balance efficiency, flexibility, and accountability in emergency preparedness. With increasing hazard risks, coordinating public agencies to address emerging threats has become a pressing challenge for public administration. However, little empirical research explores why some public organizations actively coordinate with others in preparation for future crises while others do not. The related research relies on correlation-based approaches and generates inconclusive findings. To further extend current inquiry, this study takes a configurational approach and examines which configurations of organizational attributes—and environmental characteristics—lead to emergency preparedness coordination. A configurational model for emergency preparedness coordination is proposed along with three propositions. We conducted a large-N fuzzy-set QCA to examine U.S. public transit agencies' interorganizational coordination in preparation for the extreme weather events. Findings demonstrate that it is the configurations rather than individual attributes that are essential for active preparedness coordination. Both top-down and bottom-up mechanisms can achieve active coordination and managerial commitment is a critical contingency factor.- Reproduced
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/puar.13752
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