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Swift trust in extreme contexts: The impact of leadership in international crisis- and disaster management response
Swedish Defence University.
2024 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Snabb tillit i extrema kontexter : Ledarskapets betydelse i internationell kris- och katastrofhantering (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

Large scale disasters worldwide require to be handled effectively by all actors involved. This qualitative study focuses on leadership and its importance for the development of swift trustin crisis and disaster coordination teams. The aim is to understand more deeply favourable and unfavourable leadership behaviors that can be identified for the development of swift trust in civil missions and to highlight the impact leadership could have on teams in terms of wellbeing and effectiveness. Ten informants with extensive experience in international disaster response and coordination have participated in the study. Favourable as well as unfavourable behaviors for establishing swift trust has been identified by semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis method. The study concludes that the result could be connected with leadership behavior theories in Full range leadership model but that it is a challenge to identify behaviors in isolation from individual and organizational factors. There is still a need for more studies in the context of civil crisis and disaster coordination to be able to understand more deeply connections between leadership, effectiveness and well-being in teams and the possible connection to trust building within teams as well as with other collaborating partners.

Abstract [sv]

Internationella, storskaliga katastrofer måste kunna hanteras effektivt av berörda aktörer. Denna kvalitativa studie fokuserar på ledarskap och dess betydelse för utvecklingen av snabb tillit inom kris- och katastrofsamordningsteam. Syftet är att djupare förstå vilka gynnsamma och ogynnsamma ledarskapsbeteenden som kan identifieras för att utveckla en sådan snabb tillit i civila insatser samt vilken påverkan ledarskap har på grupper i termer av välbefinnande och effektivitet. Tio informanter med lång erfarenhet av internationell katastrofsamordning har deltagit i studien. Genom semistrukturerade intervjuer och tematisk analysmetod har såväl gynnsamma som ogynnsamma beteenden för att etablera snabb tillit identifierats. Studien drar slutsatsen att dessa beteenden kan kopplas samman med teorier om ledarskap i Full range leadership model samtidigt som det är svårt att isolerat identifiera beteenden utan att ta hänsyn till individuella och organisatoriska faktorer. Det finns fortfarande ett behov av fler studier inom civil kris- och katastrofsamordning för att djupare kunna förstå samband mellan ledarskap, effektivitet och välbefinnande i team samt den möjliga kopplingen till förtroendeskapande inom team såväl som med andra samarbetspartners som det kan ge. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. , p. 60
Keywords [en]
swift trust, leadership, behaviors, temporary groups and extreme contexts
Keywords [sv]
snabb tillit, ledarskap, beteenden, tillfälliga grupper och extrema kontexter
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Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
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URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-12689OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-12689DiVA, id: diva2:1894004
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Ledarskap och ledning för försvar, krishantering och säkerhet
Educational program
Masterprogram i Ledarskap och ledning för försvar, krishantering och säkerhet
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Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2024-09-02 Created: 2024-09-02 Last updated: 2024-09-02Bibliographically approved

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