Organizational Complexity, Plan Adequacy, and Nursing Home Resiliency: A Contingency Perspective

Some social and organizational behavior scientists measure resiliency through anecdotal qualitative research, i.e. personality analyses and stories of life experience. Empirical evidence remains limited for identifying measurable indicators of resiliency. Therefore, a testable contingency model was needed to clarify resiliency factors pertinent to organizational performance. Two essential resiliency factors were: 1) a written plan and 2) affiliation with a disaster network. This contingency study demonstrated a quantifiable, correlational effect between organizational complexity, disaster plan adequacy and organizational resiliency. The unit of analysis, the skilled nursing facility proved vulnerable, therefore justifying the need for a written emergency management plan and affiliation with a disaster network. The main purpose of this research was to verify the significance of emergency management plans within a contingency framework of complexity theory, resource dependency, systems theory, and network theory. Distinct sample moments quantified causal relationships between organizational complexity (A), plan adequacy (B) and resiliency (C). Primary and secondary research data were collected from within the context of public health and emergency management sectors within the State of Florida.

Author dc:creator

• Boyce, Cherie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Wan, Thomas T. H.

• Organizational resiliency
• plan adequacy
• emergency plans
• nursing homes
• florida
• Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Dissertations, Academic -- Health and Public Affairs; Health and Public Affairs -- Dissertations, Academic

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

CFE0005929

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd-2356