ABSTRACT
The 21st century pandemic COVID-19 has challenged the leadership throughout the world including India, U.S and various other countries of the globe. In the present case study, researcher highlighted the critical role of leadership to fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak of this pandemic is seriously a subject of apprehension. However, some countries like South Korea and New Zealand have successfully controlled the spread of COVID-19 with their contingency plan. Today, the manner in which every country is fighting against pandemic is really commendable. Besides all this it's essential to explore the leadership under which the plan to manage the crisis is formulated and implemented. This case study will give an insight on the leadership and crisis management approach adopted to fight against COVID-19. The case study further explores how contingency leadership theory is used to identify the situation where strong leadership may play a significant role in managing COVID-19.
ABSTRACT
The Covid-19 pandemic, which was declared a public health emergency on 30 January 2020, has made it crucial for humans to learn how to behave to control the pandemic's spread. Policymakers must assess human behaviour and their responses to pandemic breakouts to develop a strategy for limiting pandemics and their harm to society at large. The present study applying exploratory factor analysis assessed five aspects of human behaviour regarding Covid-19, namely compliance behaviour, avoidance behaviour, protective behaviour, informed behaviour, and risk perception. The study applying hierarchical regression discovered that by combining informed, protective, and avoidance behaviour, people can be convinced to embrace the compliance behaviour required by public authorities. Furthermore, higher risk perception also positively moderates the relationship between information and compliance behaviour.