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Nagel Hannes (Tallinn University, School of Law, Governance and Society)
Title
Factors Influencing Local Governments' COVID-19 Crisis Decision Making: Case Study of the First Wave in the Two Estonian Municipalities
Czynniki wpływające na podejmowanie przez samorządy lokalne decyzji w związku z kryzysem COVID-19: studium przypadku dotyczącego pierwszej fali w dwóch gminach estońskich
Source
Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis, 2022, T. 34, s. 27-46, bibliogr.53 poz.
Keyword
Zarządzanie kryzysowe, Podejmowanie decyzji, COVID-19, Rozwój lokalny
Crisis management, Decision making, COVID-19, Local development
Note
streszcz., summ.
Abstract
W niniejszym artykule opisano wyniki studium przypadku dotyczącego czynników, które wpłynęły na podejmowanie decyzji związanych z pierwszą falą COVID-19 na poziomie samorządów lokalnych w Republice Estońskiej. Badane gminy to największa gmina w Estonii, miasto Tallinn, oraz najbardziej dotknięta pierwszą falą kryzysu gmina Saaremaa. W trakcie mapowania jednostek kryzysowych zidentyfikowano trzy jednostki w Tallinie i dwie w Saaremaa - niektóre sformalizowane przed kryzysem, inne sformalizowane ad hoc, a jeszcze inne w ogóle niesformalizowane. Podmiotami badania byli członkowie jednostek kryzysowych COVID-19. Badanie, które składało się z kwestionariusza i wywiadów pogłębionych, koncentrowało się na wpływie ośmiu czynników decyzyjnych, które podzielono na wewnętrzne (stres, bezradność, presja grupy i dobre samopoczucie) i zewnętrzne (presja czasu, presja mediów i opinii publicznej, dostępność informacji, presja rządu centralnego lub innych instytucji). Wyniki wskazują, że największy wpływ miały czynniki zewnętrzne (największa napięcie odczuwano z powodu presji czasu, stresu oraz presji ze strony mediów i opinii publicznej). Decydenci podkreślali, że wpływ na podejmowanie decyzji miały także wcześniejsze doświadczenia, postrzeganie ryzyka i emocje.(abstrakt oryginalny)

The present article describes the results of a case study on the factors that influenced COVID-19 first wave decision making on the local government level in the Republic of Estonia. The municipalities that were studied were the biggest municipality in Estonia, the City of Tallinn, and the worst hit local government in the first wave, the Municipality of Saaremaa. In the mapping of crisis units, 3 units were identified in Tallinn, 2 in Saaremaa - some formalized prior the crisis, others formalized ad hoc, and yet others not formalized at all. The subjects of the study were the members of the COVID-19 crisis units.The study which comprised of a questionnaire and in-depth interviews focused on the influence of 8 decision-making factors which were divided into internal (stress, helplessness, group pressure, and well-being) and external (time pressure, pressure from the media and the public, availability of information, pressure from the central government or other institutions). The results indicate that external factors were the predominantly influencing (highest pressure was felt due to time pressure, stress and the pressure from media and the public). Decision makers also highlighted previous experience, risk perception and emotions, which influenced decision making. (original abstract)
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ISSN
2353-9747
Language
pol
URI / DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.31261/spus.13287
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