Leadership and crisis management for businesses globally: the role of leadership in business sustainability in a crisis environment
| dc.contributor.author | Thomson, Stanley Bruce | |
| dc.contributor.author | Roache, Darcia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Muschette, Richard | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Singh, Amita | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-21T16:50:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-21T16:50:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The reach of businesses is expanding, customers’ needs and wants are increasing, and natural and man-made disasters permeate the business environment causing tremendous financial implications on business productivity. Given these crises, there is the need for business leaders to develop leadership skills or adapt different leadership approaches to mitigate the negative effects of crisis and disaster in order to maintain business effectiveness. Considerable literature on disaster management seeks to aid business leaders on how to address/manage disasters in business. This conceptual chapter explores leadership approaches that leaders can implement in times of crisis. We suggest that a leadership function in a crisis environment intensifies the impact of management functions. The chapter concludes by examining the implications of leadership approaches. This then leads us to a discussion of business sustainability and the impact of decision-making on leadership. Although the literature states that transformation is the best in times of crisis, we opine that situational leadership is more appropriate in the dynamic environment of a crisis. | |
| dc.description.uri | https://macewan.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MACEWAN_INST/1ldelvc/cdi_springer_books_10_1007_978_981_19_8388_7_203 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Thomson, S. B., Roache, D., & Muschette, R. (2023). Leadership and crisis management for businesses globally: The role of leadership in business sustainability in a crisis environment. In A. Singh (Ed.), International handbook of disaster research (pp. 2511–2518). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8388-7_203 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8388-7_203 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/4018 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved | |
| dc.subject | role of leadership | |
| dc.subject | man-made disasters | |
| dc.subject | manage disasters in business | |
| dc.subject | business effectiveness | |
| dc.title | Leadership and crisis management for businesses globally: the role of leadership in business sustainability in a crisis environment | en |
| dc.type | Book Chapter |