The Influence of Team Member Resources and Structure on Initial Emergency Response Performance of Fire Fighters in Malaysia

This study examines the determinants of initial emergency response performance among emergency response teams. Specifically, the present study examines the direct relationship between team member resources and team structure variables and initial emergency response performance among 126 firefighting...

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Main Author:	Chandrakantan, Subramaniam
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng
Published:	2009
Subjects:	HV Social Pathology Social and Public Welfare
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/2109/1/Chandrakantan_Subramaniam.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/2109/2/1.Chandrakantan_Subramaniam.pdf
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spelling	my-uum-etd.21092022-04-27T06:41:55Z The Influence of Team Member Resources and Structure on Initial Emergency Response Performance of Fire Fighters in Malaysia 2009 Chandrakantan, Subramaniam Ali, Hassan Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati College of Business (COB) College of Business HV Social Pathology. Social and Public Welfare This study examines the determinants of initial emergency response performance among emergency response teams. Specifically, the present study examines the direct relationship between team member resources and team structure variables and initial emergency response performance among 126 firefighting teams employed by the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (FRDM). This study also explored the role of cohesiveness as a moderator on the relationship between team structure variables and initial emergency response performance. Self-reported measures of team member resources, team structure, and cohesiveness were obtained from team members, while the initial emergency response performance was derived from the official record on emergency occurrence logged by each fire station. A number of different analyses were performed to analyze the data collected. Firstly, factor analysis revealed that personality variables loaded into two dimensions, labeled as emotional stability and extraversion, while leadership, roles, norms, and cohesiveness loaded into single dimensions respectively, and were labeled as leadership, roles, norms, and cohesiveness. Multiple regression and hierarchical multiple regressions were used to test the study hypotheses. In detecting interaction effects, significant beta coefficients and post hoc probing by split sample analysis ascertained the acceptance of interaction effects were used. The results provided general support for the hypotheses of the study, although there were some differences on the direction of relationships. Specifically, extraversion, age diversity, and leadership were significantly and positively related to initial emergency response performance, while weight, cardiovascular endurance, tenure diversity, and norms were significantly and negatively related to initial emergency response performance. Additionally, the results of hierarchical multiple regressions indicated that cohesiveness interacted with age diversity and tenure diversity in predicting the initial emergency response performance. The relationship between team member resources and team structure variables and initial emergency response performance suggests that it would be beneficial to the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (FRDM) to manage team dynamics as a measure to improve initial emergency response performance. Contributions, limitations, and implications are discussed. 2009 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/2109/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/2109/1/Chandrakantan_Subramaniam.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/2109/2/1.Chandrakantan_Subramaniam.pdf text eng public Ph.D. doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
collection	UUM ETD
language	eng eng
advisor	Ali, Hassan Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati
topic	HV Social Pathology Social and Public Welfare
spellingShingle	HV Social Pathology Social and Public Welfare Chandrakantan, Subramaniam The Influence of Team Member Resources and Structure on Initial Emergency Response Performance of Fire Fighters in Malaysia
description	This study examines the determinants of initial emergency response performance among emergency response teams. Specifically, the present study examines the direct relationship between team member resources and team structure variables and initial emergency response performance among 126 firefighting teams employed by the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (FRDM). This study also explored the role of cohesiveness as a moderator on the relationship between team structure variables and initial emergency response performance. Self-reported measures of team member resources, team structure, and cohesiveness were obtained from team members, while the initial emergency response performance was derived from the official record on emergency occurrence logged by each fire station. A number of different analyses were performed to analyze the data collected. Firstly, factor analysis revealed that personality variables loaded into two dimensions, labeled as emotional stability and extraversion, while leadership, roles, norms, and cohesiveness loaded into single dimensions respectively, and were labeled as leadership, roles, norms, and cohesiveness. Multiple regression and hierarchical multiple regressions were used to test the study hypotheses. In detecting interaction effects, significant beta coefficients and post hoc probing by split sample analysis ascertained the acceptance of interaction effects were used. The results provided general support for the hypotheses of the study, although there were some differences on the direction of relationships. Specifically, extraversion, age diversity, and leadership were significantly and positively related to initial emergency response performance, while weight, cardiovascular endurance, tenure diversity, and norms were significantly and negatively related to initial emergency response performance. Additionally, the results of hierarchical multiple regressions indicated that cohesiveness interacted with age diversity and tenure diversity in predicting the initial emergency response performance. The relationship between team member resources and team structure variables and initial emergency response performance suggests that it would be beneficial to the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (FRDM) to manage team dynamics as a measure to improve initial emergency response performance. Contributions, limitations, and implications are discussed.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Ph.D.
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Chandrakantan, Subramaniam
author_facet	Chandrakantan, Subramaniam
author_sort	Chandrakantan, Subramaniam
title	The Influence of Team Member Resources and Structure on Initial Emergency Response Performance of Fire Fighters in Malaysia
title_short	The Influence of Team Member Resources and Structure on Initial Emergency Response Performance of Fire Fighters in Malaysia
title_full	The Influence of Team Member Resources and Structure on Initial Emergency Response Performance of Fire Fighters in Malaysia
title_fullStr	The Influence of Team Member Resources and Structure on Initial Emergency Response Performance of Fire Fighters in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The Influence of Team Member Resources and Structure on Initial Emergency Response Performance of Fire Fighters in Malaysia
title_sort	influence of team member resources and structure on initial emergency response performance of fire fighters in malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	College of Business (COB)
publishDate	2009
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/2109/1/Chandrakantan_Subramaniam.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/2109/2/1.Chandrakantan_Subramaniam.pdf
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The Influence of Team Member Resources and Structure on Initial Emergency Response Performance of Fire Fighters in Malaysia

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