@article{ref1,
title="Inter-organizational resource coordination in post-disaster infrastructure recovery",
journal="Construction management and economics",
year="2017",
author="Opdyke, Aaron and Lepropre, Florence and Javernick-Will, Amy and Koschmann, Matthew",
volume="35",
number="8-9",
pages="514-530",
abstract="Despite significant advances in strengthening post-disaster recovery efforts, misaligned strategy and inefficient resource allocation are far too often the norm for infrastructure reconstruction. To examine the inter-organizational networks that form to coordinate resources for infrastructure reconstruction, we employed social network analysis in 19 communities in the Philippines following Super Typhoon Haiyan, at 6 and 12 months post-disaster. To build these networks, we analysed interview, field observation and documentation data collected from non-governmental organizations, local governments and communities. A survey questionnaire was also administered to organizations working in selected communities to validate networks. <br><br>RESULTS from network analysis established that information was the most commonly shared resource by organizations, followed by financial, material and human resources. Government agencies had the highest actor centralities; however, qualitative data suggest that these roles were the result of obligatory consultations by international organizations and lacked legitimacy in practice. <br><br>FINDINGS further demonstrate that networks become more decentralized over time as actors leave and roles become more established, influenced by short-term expatriate contracts and the termination of United Nations supported cluster coordination. <br><br>FINDINGS could help organizations strengthen humanitarian response efforts by attending to resource allocation and knowledge sharing with other organizations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0144-6193",
doi="10.1080/01446193.2016.1247973",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2016.1247973"
}