Serving communities at times of crisis: How civil society organizations adapted to Covid lockdown

Stefanie Chai; Winston Kwon; Ron Kerr; Edwina Yida Zhu

Serving communities at times of crisis: How civil society organizations adapted to Covid lockdown

Stefanie Chai, Winston Kwon, Ron Kerr, Edwina Yida Zhu

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Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic posed a significant threat to many organizations, often requiring managers to act quickly in the face of uncertainty. This paper explores how civil society organizations (CSOs) adapted to the Covid-19 lockdown of 2020. Through semi-structured interviews with six Edinburgh based CSOs we analyze how their organizations developed emergency operations during the first lockdown to further develop our understanding of adaptation by organizations facing an exogenous shock. We contribute to an understanding of crisis management and resilience through a model that conceptualizes: the overall adaptation processes, identifies specific variants to this process, and reveals the mechanisms by which this learning informs long-term adaptation to organizational structure.

Original language	English
Pages	1-28
Number of pages	28
Publication status	Published - 9 Jul 2022
Event	38th EGOS Colloquium, Vienna, Austria 2022 - WU University, Vienna, Austria Duration: 7 Jul 2022 → 9 Jul 2022 https://www.egos.org/jart/prj3/egos/main.jart?rel=de&reserve-mode=active&content-id=1630409885853&subtheme_id=1609232993847

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Conference	38th EGOS Colloquium, Vienna, Austria 2022
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	7/07/22 → 9/07/22
Internet address	https://www.egos.org/jart/prj3/egos/main.jart?rel=de&reserve-mode=active&content-id=1630409885853&subtheme_id=1609232993847

38th EGOS Colloquium, Vienna, Austria 2022
Stefanie Chai (Speaker), Winston Kwon (Speaker), Ron Kerr (Speaker) & Edwina Yida Zhu (Speaker)
9 Jul 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference

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