Evaluation of Coordination of Emergency Response Team through the Social Network Analysis. Case Study: Oil and Gas Refinery.
10.1016/j.shaw.2014.09.004
- Author:
Iraj MOHAMMADFAM
1
;
Susan BASTANI
;
Mahbobeh ESAGHI
;
Rostam GOLMOHAMADI
;
Ali SAEE
Author Information
1. Department of Occupational Hygiene, School of Public Health and Research Center for Health sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. M.Es-hagi@umsha.ac.ir
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
cohesion;
coordination;
emergency response team;
social network analysis
- MeSH:
Emergencies*;
Logic
- From:Safety and Health at Work
2015;6(1):30-34
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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. 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. 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. 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.
