Member Commitment and Participation in Local Emergency Planning Committees |
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| Authors: | David J. Whitney Michael K. Lindell |
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| Affiliation: | associate professor of industrial/organizational psychology at California State University, Long Beach. His research areas include individual and organizational factors affecting preparedness for natural hazards, applicant perceptions of selection systems, and program evaluation.;director of the Hazard Reduction &Recovery Center at Texas A&M University. He has conducted research on hazard mitigation, emergency preparedness, and emergency response for a wide range of natural and technological hazards. |
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| Abstract: | Research on Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) has suggested that members' perceptions of group processes and participation activities mediate the relationship between organizational context and LEPC effectiveness. Data from 57 LEPCs support the importance of organizational commitment in predicting member participation and the predictive power of some of organizational commitment's previously identified antecedents. However, the data failed to support two hypotheses about the effects of organizational context on group process and of member participation on LEPC effectiveness. These findings suggest ways to increase the effectiveness of voluntary, quasi-public organizations such as LEPCs, citizen advisory panels, and planning boards. |
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