From the inside out: Environmental agency views about communications with the public

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1395-1407

  Johnson, Branden B ^a   Chess, Caron ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organization; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MANAGERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS; RISK COMMUNICATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

COMMUNICATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RISK;

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGER; ORGANIZATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TRAINING;

EID: 33750150748     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00788.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Brown, S. R. (1971). The forced-free distinction in Q technique. Journal of Educational Measurement, 8, 283-287.
2. Brown, S. R. (1980). Political Subjectivity: Applications of Q Methodology in Political Science. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
3. Chess, C. (1999). A model of organizational responsiveness to stakeholders. Risk: Issues in Health, Safety, and Environment, 10, 257-267.
4. Chess, C. (2001). Organizational theory and the stages of risk communication. Risk Analysis, 21, 179-188.
5. Chess, C., & Johnson, B. B. (2006). Organizational learning about public participation: "Tiggers" and "Eeyores." Human Ecology Review, 13, 182-192.
6. Chess, C., & Salomone, K. L. (1992). Rhetoric and reality: Risk communication in government agencies. Journal of Environmental Education, 23, 28-33.
7. Chess, C., Salomone, K. L., & Sandman, P. M. (1991). Risk communication activities of state health agencies. American Journal of Public Health, 81, 489-491.
8. Chess, C., Sandman, P. M., & Greenberg, M. R. (1990). Empowering Agencies to Communicate About Environmental Risk: Suggestions for Overcoming Organizational Barriers. New Brunswick, NJ: Environmental Communication Research Program, Rutgers University.
9. Fisher, A., Chitose, A., & Gipson, P. S. (1994). One agency's use of risk assessment and risk communication. Risk Analysis, 14, 207-212.
10. Levitt, B., & March, J. G. (1988). Organizational learning. Annual Review of Sociology, 14, 319-340.
11. McKeown, B., & Thomas, D. (1988). Q Methodology (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences #66). Thousand Hills, CA: Sage.
12. Rogers, R. S., & Rogers, W. S. (1990). What the Brits got out of the Q: And why their work may not line up with the American way of getting into it! Electronic Journal of Communication, 1, 1-11.
13. Scott, W. R. (1992). Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall.
14. Shaw, J., & Johnson, B. (1990). A Look Inside: Risk Communication and Public Participation Within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Trenton: NJDEP, Division of Science and Research.
15. Sudman, S. (2003). Applied sampling. In P. H. Rossi, J. D. Wright, & A. B. Anderson (Eds.), Handbook of Survey Research (pp. 145-194). San Diego: Academic Press.
16. Tinker, T. L., Zook, E., & Chapel, T. J. (2001). Key challenges and concepts in health risk communication: Perspectives of agency practitioners. Journal of Public Health Management Practice, 7, 67-75.
17. U.S. Office of Personnel Management (USOPM). (1997). 360-degree assessment: An overview (Performance Management Practitioner Series). Downloaded 26 April 2006 from Available at http://www.opm.gov/perform/wppdf/360asess.pdf
18. Webler, T., & Tuler, S. (2001). Public participation in watershed management planning: Views on process from people in the field. Human Ecology Review, 8, 29-39.
19. Webler, T., Tuler, S., & Krueger, R. (2001). What is a good public participation process? Five perspectives from the public. Environmental Management, 27, 435-450.
20. Webler, T., Tuler, S., Shockey, I., Stern, P., & Beattie, R. (2003). Participation by local government officials in watershed management planning. Society and Natural Resources, 16, 105-121.