Communicating COVID-19: Analyzing Higher Education Institutional Responses in Canada, China, and the USA

Autor/inn/en	O'Shea, Michael; Mou, Leping; Xu, Lu; Aikins, Ross
Titel	Communicating COVID-19: Analyzing Higher Education Institutional Responses in Canada, China, and the USA
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 35 (2022) 3, S.629-650 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (O'Shea, Michael)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/s41307-022-00276-y
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; Crisis Management; Communication Strategies; School Responsibility; Compensation (Remuneration); Organizational Communication; Leadership Styles; Canada; China; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Krisenmanagement; Kommunikationsstrategie; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Führungsstil; Kanada; USA
Abstract	The study aims to examine how higher education institutions (HEIs) in three countries responded to the challenges of COVID-19 over a six-month period at the outbreak of the global pandemic. Employing document analysis, we examined 732 publicly available communications from 27 HEIs in Canada, China, and the USA. Through theoretical frameworks of crisis management and Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT), we explore how HEIs respond to the pandemic and protect campus stakeholders. The study revealed common patterns in communication strategies during different stages of the pandemic that include accepting responsibility, emotional reassurance, and compensating victims. It also revealed key differences across social contexts and environments and distinct leadership styles. Findings offer insight into how HEIs communicated at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic and inform the application of SCCT and crisis management theory to institutional behavior in the context of prolonged and intersecting disasters. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01