A civil contingencies agency management system for disaster aid: Qualitative validation of an empirically grounded model

Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this article is twofold: validation of a theoretical model of a civil contingencies agency management system, and methodological development by employing qualitative means for analysis.

Design/methodology/approach

The theoretical model to be validated serves as a starting point for a qualitative reanalysis of logic‐deductive character, aimed at verification of the pre‐existing theory that is already discovered and developed. Data from three previously published case studies were used as a frame of reference.

Findings

The theoretical model of a civil contingencies management system for disaster aid is validated in most respects. The qualitative testing for high trustworthiness proves reasonable with regard to selected reference studies.

Originality/value

The theoretical model of a civil contingencies agency management system for disaster aid was mostly confirmed and partly modified when being compared to empirical data and models from three previous case studies. Also, the qualitative approach to validating the theoretical model is, to the best knowledge of the authors, new.

Citation

Nilsson, S., Sjöberg, M. and Larsson, G. (2013), "A civil contingencies agency management system for disaster aid: Qualitative validation of an empirically grounded model", International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 21 No. 2, pp. 154-175. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-08-2011-0502