TY  - JOUR
AB  - Pandemics, such as the COVID‐19 crisis, are very complex emergencies that can neither be handled by individuals nor by any single municipality, organization or even country alone. Such situations require multidisciplinary crisis management teams (CMTs) at different administrative levels. However, most existing CMTs are trained for rather local and temporary emergencies but not for international and long‐lasting crises. Moreover, CMT members in a pandemic face additional demands due to unknown characteristics of the disease and a highly volatile environment. To support and ensure the effectiveness of CMTs, we need to understand how CMT members can successfully cope with these multiple demands. Connecting teamwork research with the job demands and resources approach as starting framework, we conducted structured interviews and critical incident analyses with 144 members of various CMTs during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Content analyses revealed both perceived demands as well as perceived resources in CMTs. Moreover, structuring work processes, open, precise and regular communication, and anticipatory, goal‐oriented and fast problem solving were described as particularly effective behaviors in CMTs. We illustrate our findings in an integrated model and derive practical recommendations for the work and future training of CMTs.
AU  - Thielsch, Meinald
AU  - Röseler, Stefan
AU  - Kirsch, Julia
AU  - Lamers, Christoph
AU  - Hertel, Guido
DA  - 2021-01-13
DO  - 10.1111/apps.12303
KW  - Forschungsprojekt FIRE
LA  - eng
N1  - Applied Psychology: An International Review 70 (2021) 1, 150-187
N1  - This research is part of the project “FIRE: Feedback Instruments for Rescue Force Education ‐ Leadership and Teamwork in High Risk Environments”, funded by the State of North Rhine‐Westphalia, Germany.
N1  - Quantitative data as well as interview guideline and online questionnaire are available at http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4288512
PY  - 2021-01-13
TI  - Managing Pandemics—Demands, Resources, and Effective Behaviors Within Crisis Management Teams
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-97099564033
Y2  - 2024-12-26T19:27:18
ER  -