Factors determining organizational crisis preparedness among Malaysian manufacturers
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Date
2006-01
Authors
Hayati Mohd Dahan
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Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
Malaysia is one of the world's top trading nations. Being the biggest
contributors to the economy, it is important to ensure organizational survival
and increased resilience to organizational crisis. The number of industrial
accidents reported in 2000 and 2001 were 41,331 and 35,642 respectively
(SOCSO Annual Report, 2002). These merit immediate attention.
The organizational crisis preparedness (OCP) refers to the
organizational ability to anticipate, prevent, respond to and recover from
organizational crisis. Based on the Protection Motivation (Maddux & Rogers,
1983) and the Systems (Hodge & Anthony, 1991) theories, this study
hypothesized that organizational perception of risk, strategic orientation, slack
and safety culture will positively influence OCP and that severity of crisis
experience will moderate these relationships. Results of Hierarchical
Regression indicate that organizational slack and safety culture are positively
and significantly related to organizational crisis preparedness. However, there
is no conclusive evidence that organizational perception of risk and strategic
orientation are related to organizational crisis preparedness. It is also found that
severity of crisis experience partially moderates the predictor-criterion
relationships. Evidence from this study may create interest among
organizations to look at risk variables, besides productivity and profit variables
in an endeavor to ensure resilience to organizational crisis and continued
organizational survival.
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organizational crisis preparedness , organizational crisis preparedness among Malaysian manufacturers , Factors determining organizational crisis