Empirical Research on Inter-organizational Relations within a National Disaster Management Network in the Caribbean

• Published in: Public organization review Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16
• Main Author: Cooper, Tracy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01-03-2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Business networking; Collaboration; Community; Cooperation; Decision making; Disaster recovery; Disasters; Economic Policy; Emergency preparedness; Government; Hurricanes; Management; Operations research; Political Science; Political Science and International Relations; Political Science and International Studies; Public Administration; Public Finance; Studies; Caribbean area; ASW, Caribbean Sea; Inter-organizational networks; Network relations; Caribbean; Density; Centrality; Disaster management
• ISSN: 1566-7170; 1573-7098
• DOI: 10.1007/s11115-013-0248-5

This research examines the member dynamics of an inter-organizational national disaster management network in the Caribbean. Investigating the structure, functions, and member roles of a collaboration provides a foundation for comprehending better network relations. This analysis contributes to the public administration, disaster management, and network literatures by clarifying, to some degree, factors affecting member relationships in practice. This is important since the present environment surrounding disaster management is such that both governments and scholars are encouraging collaborative efforts among those responding to and impacted by catastrophic events.