Abstract: Key purpose of this paper is to evaluate such factors which are responsible for an organization’s security preparedness against potential environmental threats and also intends to determine employees’ preferences on such factors that determine an organization’s preparedness.
Design/Methodology: Exploratory study was used to identify the most critical factors in ensuring an organization’s preparedness in hostile environment against potential threats. Simple Random Sampling was used to select the respondents from various Indian organizations. A total of 180 questionnaires were distributed and mailed, out of which 144 valid responses were collected, resulting in an 80 per cent response rate.
Findings: It has been found that physical security is the most demanded of all security forms in any organization, which mainly includes basic housekeeping, security passes (for both employees and visitors), baggage screening, bulletproof glasses, alarm systems and so on. It was also found that security expectations do not differ with respect to gender or work experience of employees.
Implications: In order to make its employees feel safe and protected, every organization must strive to ensure security preparedness up to some extent. No organization can expect continuous employee engagement in case of uncertainty amongst its employees related to their security and well-being. Therefore it becomes imperative for organizations to ensure organizational security through best in-class measures.
Keywords: Organizational security preparedness, Hostile environments.
Title: Organizational Security Preparedness in Hostile Environments
Author: Rajat Kumar Sharma
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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