Expressões de compaixão: Práticas organizacionais no rescaldo de uma crise (Expressions Of Compassion: Organizational Practices In The Aftermath Of A Crisis)
- Publisher:
- SBEO
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Revista Brasileira de Estudos Organizacionais, 2015, 2 (1), pp. 33 - 57
- Issue Date:
- 2015
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Compassion is almost universally acknowledged as an important issue in the crisis management literature. The dominant perspective, however, approaches compassion instrumentally as a practical tool for conveying messages to achieve goals of protecting organizational assets. The findings of this study on the compassionate support offered (or not) to employees during and after the Brisbane flood crisis of January 2011 provide insight into crisis management as continuous process rather than a reactionary response to disaster when it arises. Three significant policy implications are generated in relation to organizational response and processes of compassion in times of crisis: First, compassionate discourses and categorization schemas should be clearly articulated within the organization before crisis (i.e. compassionate organizations express compassion as quotidian practice). Second, compassionate policies and practices need to be embedded in ongoing organizational routines and policies. Third, initiatives framed as compassion responses should not be assumed to necessarily create positive outcomes; rather, outcomes should be assessed on an ongoing basis.
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