Laboratory Simulation Studies of Organizational Behavior Under Stress
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1964-08
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Disaster Research Center
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In September, 1963, a Disaster Research Center was established to study organizational behavior under stress. Two different settings for such a study were selected which resulted in two sponsorships: a. The field phase, where emphasis is on sending a team into communities immediately after they have experienced a major disaster (sponsored by the Office of Civil Defense), and b. The laboratory phase, were units of organizations are studied in a laboratory setting under more controlled conditions where stress situations can be manipulated. It was originally felt that work in both of these settings simultaneously would serve to strengthen each approach.
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simulation studies, organizational behavior, stress, laboratory