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Crisis communication and learning: the US higher education's response to a global pandemic.

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Titel: Crisis communication and learning: the US higher education's response to a global pandemic.
Autoren: Islam, Khairul, Edwards, America L., Shi, Duli, Lim, JungKyu Rhys, Sheppard, Ronisha, Liu, Brooke Fisher, Seeger, Matthew W.
Quelle: Learning Organization; 2022, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p357-376, 20p
Schlagwörter: CRISIS communication, HIGHER education, LEARNING, PANDEMICS, COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract: Purpose: This study investigates the processes that the US universities and colleges used to learn during the COVID-19 pandemic and the factors that facilitated and impeded their learning processes. Design/methodology/approach: To address this study's research questions, this study used a crisis communication and learning lens to interview crisis response team members from 30 US higher education institutions in May 2020 (the first pandemic semester). In October 2020 (the second pandemic semester), this study conducted follow-up interviews with 25 of the original interviewees. Overall, this study conducted 55 interviews. Findings: Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic is facilitated by a recognition of a serious deficiency in the current system and impeded by the need to act quickly. The findings demonstrate the process by which decisions, actions and strategies emerged during crises. Originality/value: This investigation illustrates how crises can prompt organizational learning while demonstrating the critical role of internal and external resources in the learning process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Purpose: This study investigates the processes that the US universities and colleges used to learn during the COVID-19 pandemic and the factors that facilitated and impeded their learning processes. Design/methodology/approach: To address this study's research questions, this study used a crisis communication and learning lens to interview crisis response team members from 30 US higher education institutions in May 2020 (the first pandemic semester). In October 2020 (the second pandemic semester), this study conducted follow-up interviews with 25 of the original interviewees. Overall, this study conducted 55 interviews. Findings: Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic is facilitated by a recognition of a serious deficiency in the current system and impeded by the need to act quickly. The findings demonstrate the process by which decisions, actions and strategies emerged during crises. Originality/value: This investigation illustrates how crises can prompt organizational learning while demonstrating the critical role of internal and external resources in the learning process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:09696474
DOI:10.1108/TLO-10-2021-0121