@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of coordination of emergency response team through the social network analysis. Case study: oil and gas refinery",
journal="Safety and health at work",
year="2015",
author="Mohammadfam, Iraj and Bastani, Susan and Esaghi, Mahbobeh and Golmohamadi, Rostam and Saee, Ali",
volume="6",
number="1",
pages="30-34",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the cohesions status of the coordination within response teams in the emergency response team (ERT) in a refinery. <br><br>METHODS: For this study, cohesion indicators of social network analysis (SNA; density, degree centrality, reciprocity, and transitivity) were utilized to examine the coordination of the response teams as a whole network. The ERT of this research, which was a case study, included seven teams consisting of 152 members. The required data were collected through structured interviews and were analyzed using the UCINET 6.0 Social Network Analysis Program. <br><br>RESULTS: The results reported a relatively low number of triple connections, poor coordination with key members, and a high level of mutual relations in the network with low density, all implying that there were low cohesions of coordination in the ERT. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The results showed that SNA provided a quantitative and logical approach for the examination of the coordination status among response teams and it also provided a main opportunity for managers and planners to have a clear understanding of the presented status. The research concluded that fundamental efforts were needed to improve the presented situations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2093-7911",
doi="10.1016/j.shaw.2014.09.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2014.09.004"
}