“Fight or flight”—A study of frontline emergency response workforce's perceived knowledge, and motivation to work during hazards
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Mortelmans, Luc
Gray, Lesley
Khorram‐Manesh, Amir
Hertelendy, Attila J
Stray, Karianne N
Kupietz, Kevin
Peyravi, Mahmoud R
Ranse, Jamie
Achour, Nebil
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This study aims to identify different frontline emergency response workforce's perceived knowledge of hazards and their willingness and motivations to go to work during them. An online version of the “Fight or Flight” survey was distributed and collected from Norwegian emergency personnel during the spring of 2023. Findings reveal a gap between the participants' knowledge levels and their overall willingness to go to work. Furthermore, the study identified family safety as the main motivational factor. The study shows the need for educational initiatives, and for managers to incorporate the knowledge of employee motivational factors into their hiring processes, frameworks, and management systems to ensure the best possible working conditions for their employees and their families.
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Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy
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© 2024 The Author(s). Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Policy Studies Organization. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Disaster and emergency management
Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
Workplace wellbeing and quality of working life
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Sørensen, JL; Mortelmans, L; Gray, L; Khorram‐Manesh, A; Hertelendy, AJ; Stray, KN; Kupietz, K; Peyravi, MR; Ranse, J; Achour, N, “Fight or flight”—A study of frontline emergency response workforce's perceived knowledge, and motivation to work during hazards, Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 2024