A Latent Resilience Capacity: Individual and Organizational Factors Associated with Public Library Managers' Willingness to Engage in Post-Disaster Response and Recovery

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dc.contributor.authorLinder-Zarankin, Michalen
dc.contributor.committeechairHult, Karen M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLemaire, Robin Hargroderen
dc.contributor.committeememberRees, Joseph V.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRoberts, Patrick S.en
dc.contributor.departmentGovernment and International Affairsen
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-18T09:00:15Zen
dc.date.available2017-11-18T09:00:15Zen
dc.date.issued2017-11-17en
dc.description.abstractDespite shifts toward a more collaborative approach to emergency management, little scholarly attention has focused on the roles of local public organizations and nonprofits that do not have explicit emergency management missions in disaster response. Scholars and government officials call for identifying key local actors and developing a more collaborative emergency preparedness approaches prior to disaster situations. In practice, emergency officials seldom recognize post-disaster efforts of these local actors. Efforts to anticipate the potential decisions and actions of organizations that do not routinely deal with disasters necessitate a better understanding of how managers perceive their post-disaster related roles and what may account for such perceptions. Focusing on public libraries in the U.S., this study draws on information gathered through surveys and semi-structured interviews with library managers and directors operating in Hampton Roads, Virginia. To further investigate variations in willingness to engage in emergency response among local jurisdictions, the study explores context-related characteristics such as organizational arrangements and features of the policy environment in which library managers operate as well as factors related to individual managerial practices. The study finds that library officials' perceptions vary across libraries. Variations range from a more defensive approach to a more proactive approach. Efforts to account for the extent to which officials would be willing to engage in a more proactive approach should consider both the emergence of individual-managers' entrepreneurial spirit and their involvement in community-based disaster planning.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:13133en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/80439en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectdisaster responseen
dc.subjectU.S. public librariesen
dc.subjectcommunity resilienceen
dc.subjectadaptive behavioren
dc.titleA Latent Resilience Capacity: Individual and Organizational Factors Associated with Public Library Managers' Willingness to Engage in Post-Disaster Response and Recoveryen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplinePublic Administration and Public Affairsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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