Proactive Personality and Its Role in Crisis Management. A Descriptive-Analytical Study of the Opinions of a Sample of Medical Staff at Al-Hussein Hospital/Karbala

Authors

  • Bushra Mohammed Alwan College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Kerbala, IRAQ.
  • Saleh Mahdi Mohammed Al-Hasnawi Business Administration Department, Faculty of Administration and Economics, University of Kerbala, IRAQ.
  • Ruaa Salih Mahdi Business Administration Department, Faculty of Administration and Economics, University of Kerbala, IRAQ.
  • Zaid Abdulzahra Jaffar University of Kufa, College of Veterinary Medicine, Najaf, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31150/ajebm.v7i8.2879

Keywords:

Proactive personality, Crisis management, Al-Hussein Hospital/Karbala/Iraq

Abstract

The research aimed to find the relationship between the independent variable proactive personality with its dimensions (perception, perseverance, implementation) and the dependent variable crisis management with its dimensions (necessary response, communications, resource mobilization). The research problem was represented by the following question (What is the relationship between proactive personality and crisis management) for a sample of the medical staff of Al-Hussein Hospital / Karbala) especially in the Corona crisis. The importance of the research was clarified through the results reached by the research through an analysis of the opinions of the research sample represented by (178) respondents from the medical staff and as a community, amounting to (320) medical staff, by adopting the questionnaire form prepared according to the five-point Likert scale, and descriptive statistical methods were used, including the arithmetic mean and standard deviation, as well as analytical, statistical methods, including linear regression and correlation coefficient) using the (SPSS) program. A set of conclusions was reached, the most important of which was the impact of proactive personality on crisis management in the organization Researched.

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2024-07-27

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Alwan, B. M., Al-Hasnawi, S. M. M., Mahdi, R. S., & Jaffar, Z. A. (2024). Proactive Personality and Its Role in Crisis Management. A Descriptive-Analytical Study of the Opinions of a Sample of Medical Staff at Al-Hussein Hospital/Karbala. American Journal of Economics and Business Management, 7(8), 388–404. https://doi.org/10.31150/ajebm.v7i8.2879

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