Risk Analysis
May 2016 Volume 36, Issue 5 Pages 863–1068
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/risa.2016.36.issue-5/issuetoc

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Current Topics
Risk Management Should Play a Stronger Role in Developing and Implementing Social Responsibility Policies for Organizations (pages 870–873)
Shital A. Thekdi
Version of Record online: 19 MAY 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/risa.12643

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Exploring the Predictors of Organizational Preparedness for Natural Disasters (pages 1040–1053)
Abdul-Akeem Sadiq and John D. Graham
Version of Record online: 1 SEP 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/risa.12478
Abstract
There is an extensive body of research on the determinants of disaster preparedness at the individual and household levels. The same cannot be said for the organizational level. Hence, the purpose of this study is to shed light on the predictors of organizational preparedness for natural disasters. Since leaders of organizations have an incentive to overstate their level of preparedness and because surveys of organizational leaders suffer from selection bias and low response rates, we take the novel approach of interviewing employees about the organizations that employ them. Using an online survey, we collected information from a national sample of 2,008 U.S. employees and estimated the predictors of preparedness at the organizational level. We find, among other results, that organization size (facility level) is a consistent predictor of preparedness at the organizational level. We conclude with policy recommendations and outline an agenda for future research on organizational preparedness for natural disasters.