Safety Preparedness Limitations

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Limitations and Future Studies
Not unlike other research studies, our study of safety preparedness and project performance has limitations. First, the proxy measures have limitations. For example, the Audit and Inspections measures of the independent variable, Safety Plan, primarily measure the percentage of compliance and completeness, but not the quality of the safety management process. Furthermore, there are minor differences in the content of the Audit and Inspections questions over the years.

Second, contrary to the directionality in Hypothesis 1a, we found support for a negative relationship between a Culture of Safety, measured as Certifications, and Project Performance. This could be a consequence of the Certifications not being …show more content…

Second, the association between preparedness and performance in organizations in an increasingly dangerous world suggests academia should augment traditional financial and strategic management learning with coursework in organizational readiness such as safety management. Third, as executives develop and execute business strategies to perform in the face of terrorism, rogue nations, civil strife and natural disasters, our study reinforces that organizational preparedness should become an increasing priority of international businesses. In summary, our story of translating organizational preparedness into performance provides an important step forward for business executives and researchers as we deliberately learn (Zollo & Winter, 2002) to perform under the sobering reality of increasing …show more content…

Fittingly, Study 1 explores a gap in the literature concerning how firms use organizational preparedness to cope with terrorism. Our practical application of academic research shows firms create organizational preparedness by codifying knowledge and learning from experiences. Specifically, we suggest firms translate direct experience with terrorism and broader experience operating in high-risk locations into organization preparedness. Study 1 posits that this experiential deliberate learning (Zollo & Winter, 2002) form of organizational preparedness translates into performance resilience to future terrorist attacks. Our first firm level study explores a compelling phenomenon with a promising model and grounded predictions, but the data does not support the

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