Purpose – The authors have three purposes in writing this paper: to share the authors' experiences “catalyzing” reconstruction of a village in southern Sri Lanka four months after its destruction by the Indian Ocean tsunami, to suggest that what the authors learned in a “developing...

Purpose – The paper aims to discuss the findings of a humanitarian logistics manager field study on response activity concerning the 2004 tsunami disaster in terms of what should have occurred and to present a comprehensive hindsight‐analysis case for a model placing natural disaster...

Purpose – An analysis of the way the bureaucratic management system responded to the tsunami disaster of December 26, 2004 is used as an example to highlight the severe shortcomings of the bureaucratic model as a paradigm for responding to situations in which the magnitude of the system's task...

Purpose – Argues that human‐resource (HR) specialists have valuable skills that can help to get the most out of volunteers who come forward in the aftermath of a disaster. Design/methodology/approach – Uses the experience of the tsunami disaster in Thailand to show what could have been...

Reports research into American children’s attitudes towards the Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004, based on a poll of 1,251 eight to 18‐year‐olds. Divides this age range into “tweens” of 8 to 12 year olds, and “teens” of 13 to 18, and notes differences between these subgroups in...