DATA SHARING FOR TASK EFFICIENCY DURING A FOREIGN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE/DISASTER RELIEF EFFORT

Acton, Thomas William

DATA SHARING FOR TASK EFFICIENCY DURING A FOREIGN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE/DISASTER RELIEF EFFORT

dc.contributor.advisor	Franklin, Aimee
dc.contributor.author	Acton, Thomas William
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Gabert, Trent
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Deacon, Zermarie
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Kim, Young
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Mitra, Aparna
dc.date.accessioned	2018-12-18T14:51:31Z
dc.date.available	2018-12-18T14:51:31Z
dc.date.issued	2018-12-14
dc.date.manuscript	2018-12-14
dc.description.abstract	This paper adapts Zigurs & Buckland’s (1998) Task Technology Fit theoretical framework for application to a virtual organization that exists for episodically during foreign humanitarian assistance/disaster relief efforts. Using the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and more than 1000 lessons learned cases from the federal government, I examine how task activities, process support level, military command level and partner types influence the technology platform that is used for structured and unstructured data sharing in real time. The predicted fit between task and technology is supported; however, addition of consideration of the virtual nature of the internal and external partnerships that are required for foreign disaster relief efforts improves the explanatory model. Recommendations for theory changes and the practical implications of this research for future foreign disaster relief efforts are explored.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11244/316808
dc.subject	information sharing	en_US
dc.subject	humanitarian assistance	en_US
dc.subject	organizational leadership	en_US
dc.subject	information technology	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Ph.D.	en_US
dc.title	DATA SHARING FOR TASK EFFICIENCY DURING A FOREIGN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE/DISASTER RELIEF EFFORT	en_US
ou.group	Graduate College	en_US