Boston sport organizations and community disaster recovery

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Article information:To cite this document: Bryan Finch , (2016),"Boston sport organizations and community disaster recovery", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 25 Iss 1 pp. 91 -103 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.(2016),"Collaboration and communication: Building a research agenda and way of working towards community disaster resilience", Disaster Prevention Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emeraldsrm:540409 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine the role played by sport organizations in the community recovery efforts in Boston following the 2013 marathon bombings. Design/methodology/approach -Interview questions were created following initial site visits and content analysis of 40 media reports specifically dealing with social recovery efforts following the attacks. Six semi-structured interviews with professional team and organizational leaders were completed and analyzed to gain insight into the leader's perspectives of the relief process. Finally, the media reports and interviews were reviewed and specific recovery efforts were classified into tangible, emotional, or informational support categories. Findings -The findings of this case study are specific to the disaster relief efforts in Boston, Massachusetts following the 2013 marathon bombings and therefore cannot be generalized beyond this scope. This paper provided focussed analysis of the reactions of several Boston area sport organizations during the immediate disaster recovery period. The long-term impacts of these efforts require further investigation. Practical implications -The examination of the viewpoints of the sport organization leaders following the disaster may provide insight for other sport organization leaders and civic officials as they prepare for future challenges. Originality/value -This paper provides a detailed examination of several sport organizations responses following the community disaster in Boston. It also provides unique perspectives from the sport organization leaders. 91 Boston sport organizationsDisaster Prev and Management 2016.25:91-103.

The organizational identification and well-being framework: theorizing about how sport organizations contribute to crisis response and recovery

“…When a community is struck by a crisis, it results in a societal expectation that members of sport organizations should contribute to response and relief efforts (Finch, 2016;Inoue & Havard, 2015). Thus, leaders of a sport organization may seek to cultivate shared identity content that accentuates similarities between members by creating and communicating a common mission to contribute to, or alleviate, ill-effects caused by the crisis.…”

“…With respect to specific forms of social support, scholars have found positive correlations between team identification, perceptions of emotional support, and well-being (Inoue, Funk et al, 2015;Inoue, Wann et al, 2020). In addition, sport organizations offer settings where important knowledge and information is shared among their members (Finch, 2016;Inoue et al, 2018). For example, during a crisis, sport organizations may use their social media sites to encourage followers to support relief organizations (Finch, 2016).…”

“…In addition, sport organizations offer settings where important knowledge and information is shared among their members (Finch, 2016;Inoue et al, 2018). For example, during a crisis, sport organizations may use their social media sites to encourage followers to support relief organizations (Finch, 2016). Drawing upon the existing evidence and social identity theorizing, we develop the following proposition: Proposition 4: During a crisis, identification with sport organizations can enhance members' well-being by increasing the amount and perceived availability of social support.…”

“…Relatedly, sport organizations are proposed as an effective setting for promoting socially responsible practices (A. C. Smith & Westerbeek, 2007), with prior work demonstrating that sport teams and athletes can persuade their followers to adopt socially desirable behavior, such as exercising (Inoue, Yli-Piipari et al, 2015). In addition, sport organizations' past disaster relief efforts (Finch, 2016;Inoue & Havard, 2015), as well as their efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic as illustrated earlier, suggest that they may establish norms for supporting public welfare among ingroup members. Such in-group norms (shaped by leaders in context) provide guidance for members when they determine whether to comply with guidelines set by governments or public health agencies, which strengthens the linkage between organizational identification and in-group members' well-being.…”

Design of Reliable Disaster Recovery System through Integrated Server Redundancy

“…In the case of joint construction, two or more organizations use the disaster recovery system jointly. It costs less than a stand alone approach, but there are many things to consider, including consensus on security and operations between organizations that use it [8][9].…”