MANAGING CRISES AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN CHINA: REIMAGINING GOVERNANCE FOR FUTURE
Yuhui Zhang ,Qiwen Sun
Keywords:
COVID-19, Crisis Management, Fear, Protective Behavior, Government capacity ,
Abstract
The global crisis is being caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. Developing complete public-government collaboration is crucial for managing this situation. It is unclear, whether factors like public protective behavior, government capacity, government legitimacy, and organization-public relationship influence the effectiveness of crisis management in China. In addition, it is unknown, nevertheless, whether societal and private variables influence COVID-19 protective behaviors and how they interact with them. This paper develops a multiple mediation model to address this problem. Findings indicate that fear and negative emotions about COVID-19 had a stronger influence on preventive behaviors than age, educational level, gender, risk communication, and risk perception. In addition, public protective behavior and government capacity have a higher influence on enhancing efficiency of crisis management in China. These results show that to effectively prevent and control COVID-19 among the public, comprehensive intervention programmes for governmental variables must be linked with individual factors.