PSYCHOLOGY MASTER'S THESIS ABSTRACT

Andra Dickerson
Industrial/Organizational
May 2000

Risk Perceptions and Y2K Readiness

    A survey study of 50 Southern California Hospitals assessed a multilevel model of organizational preparedness for a technological hazard.  The model hypothesized that risk perception would mediate the relationship between both organizational-level and individual-level characteristics and hospital preparedness for Y2K.  The model was not supported, due to a ceiling effect on Y2K preparedness.  These data were also compared to a previous study’s findings regarding the seismic preparedness of these same hospitals.  Support was found for the prediction that hospitals would report greater Y2K readiness than seismic preparedness.

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