Leadership Strategies at the Meso Level of Emergency Management Networks

Clayton Wukich and Scott E. Robinson

International Review of Public Administration, 2013, vol. 18, issue 1, 41-59

Abstract: Leadership theory has focused on interpersonal dynamics (such as motivation) and broad social leadership (such as national leaders during crises). Analyzing data from emergency response incidents, we describe a role for leadership between these micro-social and macro-social contexts. At the meso level, emergency managers both design and react to interorganizational structures; a process we call meso-leadership. We explore these leadership strategies, including efforts to engage diverse actors (brokerage) and reinforce group norms (closure). The task of meso-leadership is to balance these strategies, which we illustrate using examples that suggest a pattern of shifting strategies at different phases of emergency events.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2013.10805239

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