Crisis, Chaos, and Organizations

Daniel J. Svyantek, Auburn University

• Introduction—Crisis, Chaos, and Organizations: An Overview of the Volume; Daniel J. Svyantek.Chapter 1. A Critical Appraisal of the Dominant Pandemic Narrative; Bert Spector.Chapter 2. The Impact of Workload, Workload Changes, and Anticipated Workload Changes During COVID-19 on Worker Well-Being; Michael DiStaso, Kristin Horan, Chelsea LeNoble, Mindy Shoss, Zoe Politis, and Ignacio Azcarate.Chapter 3. Who Rescues the Rescuers? Multilevel Challenges Facing First Responder Organizations; Marc Cubrich, Ketaki Sodhi, Allie Pettruzzelli, and Dennis Doverspike.Chapter 4. From Telecommute to Telecommunity: How Disabled Onto-Epistemologies Inform Post-Pandemic Professional Practices; Martina Svyantek and Rua Mae Williams.Chapter 5. Organizing Themselves; Jenifer Neale.Chapter 6. Radical Acceptance and Executive Decision-Making in the Age of COVID-19; Susan Cannon and Ruth Middleton-House.Chapter 7. Emergence and Sensemaking in a Complex Global Knowledge System: Implications for Leaders Post-COVID-19; Lisa Cuevas Shaw and Laura Hyatt.Chapter 8. A Differing View of Command in a Connected World: Captain Brett Crozier and COVID-19 Command Decisions; Paul Nelson, Robert A. Norton, and Greg S. Weaver.Chapter 9. The Urgency of Organizational Change Within Colleges in Crisis; Jennifer McLean and Carrol Warren.Chapter 10. A Theoretical Analysis of Organizational Change During COVID-19: Steps, Stages, and Themes for Implementation; Theodore J. Wiard, Mary J. Selke, and Genevieve Oswald.Chapter 11. Digital Communication Strategies During Pandemic Crisis: Lessons From Amazon Company; Ludovica Moi, Simone Serpi, and Francesca Cabiddu.Chapter 12. COVID-19 Crisis: Chaos and Opportunities for Newer Organizational Configurations for Multinational Oil Enterprises; Riad A. Ajami, Homa Karimi, Rachel E. Sturm, and Berkwood Farmer.About the Contributors.