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Public leaders’ organizational learning orientations in the wake of a crisis and the role of public service motivation
- This study explores public leaders’ organizational learning orientation in the wake of a crisis. More precisely, we study the association between public leaders’ public service motivation and their learning orientation (instrumental versus political). This research addresses the lack of systematic empirical data on crisis-induced learning and provides a first systematic operationalization of this important concept. We analyze survey data collected from 209 Dutch mayors on their learning priorities in responding to a hypothetical crisis situation in their municipality. The mayors’ response patterns reveal (1) “cognitive”, (2) “behavioral”, (3) “accountability”, and (4) “external communication” dimensions of crisis-induced learning. We find that mayors with a stronger public service motivation put more effort into instrumental learning (dimensions 1 and 2), and surprisingly, also into political learning (dimensions 3 and 4). Mayoral experience in previous crises is positively associated with accountability-related learning after a crisis. However, mayoral tenure is negatively associated with crisis-induced behavioral learning.
Author: | Wout Broekema, Jan Porth, Trui Steen, René Torenvlied |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2018.11.002 |
ISSN: | 0925-7535 |
Parent Title (English): | Safety Science |
Volume: | 113 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Place of publication: | Amsterdam |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2019 |
Publishing Institution: | Deutsches Forschungsinstitut für öffentliche Verwaltung |
Release Date: | 2019/05/17 |
Popular scientific document: | Nein |
Reviewed Document?: | Ja |
Page Number: | 10 |
First Page: | 200 |
Last Page: | 209 |
Documents of the German Research Institute for Public Administration (FÖV): | Selbständige Verlagsveröffentlichungen |
Access Rights: | Zugriffsbeschränkt |
Licence (German): | Urheberrechtlich geschützt |