Results

The findings indicate that the use of organization-produced messages placed in print media may reduce negative affect, while the order of presentation in multimedia approaches may have little effect on either construct. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications for those crafting public messages concerning developing crises, while suggesting that organizations must consider the highly arousing nature of televised risk messages when informing and persuading the public.

“Not only did the SOS team rank first in all four tournaments, but the firefighters’ excellent performance amazed the other teams as well.” (p. 55)Results show performance improvements. The SOS team ranked first in an official world championship and three official open tournaments.

The results of the path analysis were graphically presented in the paper.The results of model testing indicate that most of the relationships hypothesized in the proposed model were observable in the collected data.

Collaborative training has the ability to improve the communication within the organization by better identifying with whom to communicate, the most appropriate resources and methods to secure effective communication, best actions to be followed and the procedures and plans to follow in order to mitigate emergency eventsThe drill results indicate that the computer-based, collaborative training tool developed is an economical and powerful training tool to enhance employees capabilities and preparedness to respond to emergencies.