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Leadership Strategies at the Meso Level of Emergency Management Networks

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  • Clayton Wukich
  • Scott E. Robinson

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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.

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  • Clayton Wukich & Scott E. Robinson, 2013. "Leadership Strategies at the Meso Level of Emergency Management Networks," International Review of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(1), pages 41-59, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rrpaxx:v:18:y:2013:i:1:p:41-59
    DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2013.10805239
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