Factors determining organizational crisis preparedness among Malaysian manufacturers

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 respectivel...

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Main Author:	Mohd Dahan, Hayati
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2006
Subjects:	HD28-70 Management Industrial Management
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/53733/1/hayati%20mohd%20dahan%20tesis24.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.537332022-07-31T11:40:40Z Factors determining organizational crisis preparedness among Malaysian manufacturers 2006-01 Mohd Dahan, Hayati HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management 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. 2006-01 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/53733/ http://eprints.usm.my/53733/1/hayati%20mohd%20dahan%20tesis24.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia. Pusat Pengajian Pengurusan
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description	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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title	Factors determining organizational crisis preparedness among Malaysian manufacturers
title_short	Factors determining organizational crisis preparedness among Malaysian manufacturers
title_full	Factors determining organizational crisis preparedness among Malaysian manufacturers
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title_full_unstemmed	Factors determining organizational crisis preparedness among Malaysian manufacturers
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Factors determining organizational crisis preparedness among Malaysian manufacturers

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