Empowered Stakeholders:Female University Students'Leadership During the COVID-19-Triggered On-campus Evictions in Canada and the United States

• 作者: Haorui Wu Marla Perez-Lugo Cecilio Ortiz Garcia Frances Gonzalez Crespo Adriana Castillo
• 来源期刊: 国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（4）
• 所属期刊栏目: ARTICLES
• 页码范围: 581-592
• 页数: 12页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The study of disaster-specific leadership of female university students has been largely neglected,especially during on-campus emergency eviction and evacuation.Based on the COVID-19-triggered,on-campus evictions across Canada and the United States,this cross-national partnership examined the out-of-province/state and international female university students'leadership during the entire eviction process.Through in-depth interviews,this study revealed the female university stu-dents'leadership behaviors during three stages:(1)pre-eviction:their self-preparedness formed an emotional foundation to support others;(2)peri-eviction:their atti-tude and leadership behavior enabled them to facilitate(psychologically and physically)their peers'eviction pro-cess;and(3)post-eviction:they continued to support their peers virtually and raised the general public's awareness regarding the plight of vulnerable and marginalized popu-lations.This article argues that the female university stu-dents'leadership that emerged during the eviction process became complementary to and even augmented the uni-versities'official efforts and beyond.This leadership rep-resents empirical evidence that contributes to the existing literature on gender and leadership by demonstrating female youth as empowered stakeholders rather than as merely passive victims.Future studies could develop detailed stratification of gender and age dimensions in order to portray a more comprehensive picture of the younger generation's leadership in hazards and disaster research and practice.