Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Theory in humanitarian operations research

    Access Status
    Fulltext not available
    Authors
    Oloruntoba, Richard
    Hossain, G.F.
    Wagner, B.
    Date
    2019
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Oloruntoba, R. and Hossain, G.F. and Wagner, B. 2019. Theory in humanitarian operations research. Annals of Operations Research. 283 (1-2): pp. 543-560.
    Source Title
    Annals of Operations Research
    DOI
    10.1007/s10479-016-2378-y
    ISSN
    0254-5330
    Faculty
    Faculty of Business and Law
    School
    School of Management
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81830
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

    Academic research on humanitarian operations (HO) is growing (Anaya-Arenas et al. in Ann Oper Res 223(1):53–79, 2014; Burkart et al. in Ann Oper Res 1–21, 2016; Duhamel et al. in Ann Oper Res 1–21, 2016). However, attention to and use of relevant theories in associated research is limited (Richey Jr in Int J Phys Distrib Logist Manag 39(7):619–628, 2009). Theories are valuable for cultivating a deeper scholarly understanding of a concept such as humanitarian operations. As such, this paper advocates increased deployment of theory in humanitarian operations research. The paper suggests and analyzes three social science and management theories as worthy of consideration by scholars and practitioners. The paper generates and stimulates new theory driven research ideas and outlines potential directions for future theoretically rigorous investigations of the practice of operations management in humanitarian contexts.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • A commentary on agility in humanitarian aid supply chains
      Oloruntoba, Richard ; Kovács, G. (2015)
      © 2015, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This paper aims to provide a commentary and an overview of developments in the field of humanitarianism that could impact theoretical understanding of agility in ...
    • Humanitarian logistics research for the care of refugees and internally displaced persons: A new area of research and a research agenda
      Oloruntoba, Richard ; Banomyong, R. (2018)
      © 2018, Richard Oloruntoba and Ruth Banomyong. Purpose: This “thought paper” is written by the special issue editors as a part of the five papers accepted and published in response to the special issue call for papers ...
    • Navigating the aid world: barriers to the effective participation of local NGOs in the post-conflict environment of Timor-Leste
      Butler, Lynne Margaret (2008)
      This thesis presents an ethnographic study of a small local non-government organisation (NGO) negotiating its way through the complex, multi-layered, postconflict, post-emergency environment of Timor-Leste. This is an ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.