Abstract In times of crisis, employees turn to their managers for information and guidance. When managers share distinctive, consistent, and consensual information (also known as human resource management [HRM] system strength), it is easier for employees to make sense of…
Tag: Crisis Management
Study Suggests Taking an Aggressive Stance in Crisis Communications Costs Companies Money
A new study tracked 10 years of data to capture shifts in how corporate interests and the public discussed a complex legal situation – and how those dynamics related to stock price. The bottom line? When the company took an aggressive stance, its stock price dropped.
Terrorism – A Threat for Urban Dwellers Be in the Know, Be on the Lookout for a Safe Society
Chula Political Science Lecturer alerts our society on the dangers of “urban terrorism” and the need to build a knowledge base for crisis management should an incident occur while also proposing that the government should invest in national security.
Calm During Crisis
Bryan VanGronigen, assistant professor in the University of Delaware School of Education, was part of an 18-member research team that conducted interviews with 120 school principals across 19 states, examining their approach to crisis management in response to the pandemic.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Experts Available for Media Inquiries on Election 2020 and Major Public Policy Issues
Professor Richard J. Jackson Dr. Richard Jackson serves as professor emeritus in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Jackson has held numerous leadership roles, including as the head of the California Department…
GETTING READY FOR THE CHALLENGE
The CSU is preparing students to be effective and resilient crisis responders for the Golden State.
Leadership Expert: Keeping Employees Focused Through Grief and Loss
Professor of the Practice in Systems Thinking and Design Gerald Suarez at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business can expand on his comments, below, on how leaders can help their employees grieve the death of a coworker while…
UAlbany Emergency Management, Public Health Experts Available to Discuss COVID-19
ALBANY, N.Y. (March 17, 2020) — As we continue to prepare for a rise in COVID-19 cases, experts from the University at Albany’s first-in-the-nation College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC) and School of Public Health are looking…