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dc.contributor.authorHartwell, Christopher A.-
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-17T09:37:02Z-
dc.date.available2022-03-17T09:37:02Z-
dc.date.issued2022-02-22-
dc.identifier.issn1936-7244de_CH
dc.identifier.issn1937-0245de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/24619-
dc.description.abstractLeadership matters, but even more so in the midst of a crisis, where institutional mechanisms may be unequipped to deal with fast-moving circumstances. During such times, leaders are also prone to satisficing and relying on heuristics in order to come to decisions. This paper surveys the use of political heuristics and asserts that their use is directly proportional to the abilities of institutions; where institutions have no formal mechanisms to deal with a crisis, heuristics are relied on more heavily. In such a situation, policies tend to be more extreme than otherwise. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as the background, and in particular the decision to enter into a lockdown of varying degrees, this paper examines the use of heuristics by leaders during the crisis. Combining a case study approach with an empirical exercise, I show that institutional mechanisms were important for determining the response to the coronavirus as the pandemic began. However, once the full extent of the crisis was apparent, the attributes of leaders—relying on their pre-formed heuristics and playing out according to their ideologies, background, and experience—played a much more important role in determining the lockdown policy in a particular nation.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherSagede_CH
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Applied Social Sciencede_CH
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/de_CH
dc.subjectCOVID-19de_CH
dc.subjectHeuristicde_CH
dc.subjectInstitutionde_CH
dc.subjectLockdownde_CH
dc.subject.ddc320: Politikde_CH
dc.titleThe limits of institutions and the reliance on heuristics during the COVID-19 pandemicde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Management and Lawde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInternational Management Institute (IMI)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/19367244221077410de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-24619-
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zhaw.issue2de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.pages.end441de_CH
zhaw.pages.start419de_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume16de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
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Hartwell, C. A. (2022). The limits of institutions and the reliance on heuristics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Applied Social Science, 16(2), 419–441. https://doi.org/10.1177/19367244221077410
Hartwell, C.A. (2022) ‘The limits of institutions and the reliance on heuristics during the COVID-19 pandemic’, Journal of Applied Social Science, 16(2), pp. 419–441. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/19367244221077410.
C. A. Hartwell, “The limits of institutions and the reliance on heuristics during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Journal of Applied Social Science, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 419–441, Feb. 2022, doi: 10.1177/19367244221077410.
HARTWELL, Christopher A., 2022. The limits of institutions and the reliance on heuristics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Applied Social Science. 22 Februar 2022. Bd. 16, Nr. 2, S. 419–441. DOI 10.1177/19367244221077410
Hartwell, Christopher A. 2022. “The Limits of Institutions and the Reliance on Heuristics during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Applied Social Science 16 (2): 419–41. https://doi.org/10.1177/19367244221077410.
Hartwell, Christopher A. “The Limits of Institutions and the Reliance on Heuristics during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Applied Social Science, vol. 16, no. 2, Feb. 2022, pp. 419–41, https://doi.org/10.1177/19367244221077410.


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