RAPID: Organizational Development in Response to Crisis

RAPID：应对危机的组织发展

• 批准号: 1760344
• 负责人: Michelle Meyer
• 金额: $ 4.98万
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-10-01 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1760344&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Organizational; Development; Response; Crisis

A striking effect of some large disasters is that people may organize themselves voluntarily into a group to respond to the disasters. One such group, the "Cajun Navy," emerged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and re-emerged in response to the 2016 Louisiana floods. The Cajun Navy mobilized again to help with rescues in response to the flooding from Hurricane Harvey; this study seeks to study that mobilization and activity. This research promises two important impacts. First, it will provide valuable information, collected while memories are fresh and participants are available, into how such unofficial organizations can emerge and operate in emergency situations. This is likely to be useful to those involved in emergency management and planning. Second, the development of the Cajun Navy in response to Harvey is an example of the shift of an organization from an emergent phase to an expanding phase. This research will increase understanding of how such transitions can occur.To describe the mobilization and activity of the Cajun Navy, this study will collect three kinds of data. One is publicly available data, such as print and web stories, social media, and government documents. The second is semi-structured interviews with members of the Cajun Navy. The third is interviews with emergency managers and first responders. These multiple perspectives will help the study describe accurately both the activity of the Cajun Navy and the changes in the group. Analysis of the interview data, in particular, will allow investigation of theoretical questions concerning organizational development, such as the effects of social networks and of technology such as social media.

一些重大灾害的一个显著影响是，人们可能会自愿组织起来，组成一个团体来应对灾害。 其中一个组织，“卡津海军”，在2005年卡特里娜飓风过后出现，并在2016年路易斯安那州洪水后重新出现。 卡津海军再次动员，以帮助救援，以应对飓风哈维洪水;这项研究旨在研究动员和活动。 这项研究有两个重要的影响。 第一，它将提供宝贵的信息，这些信息是在人们记忆犹新和有参与者的时候收集的，说明这种非官方组织如何能够在紧急情况下出现和运作。 这可能对参与应急管理和规划的人员有用。 第二，卡津海军为应对哈维而发展，是一个组织从新兴阶段向扩张阶段转变的一个例子。 本研究将增加对这种转变如何发生的理解。为了描述卡津海军的动员和活动，本研究将收集三种数据。 一种是公开可用的数据，如印刷和网络故事，社交媒体和政府文件。 第二个是半结构化的采访卡津海军成员。 第三是与应急管理人员和第一反应人员的访谈。 这些多角度将有助于研究准确地描述卡津海军的活动和该集团的变化。 特别是，对访谈数据的分析将有助于研究有关组织发展的理论问题，例如社交网络和社交媒体等技术的影响。