Campus Location
Dallas Campus (Online)
Date of Award
4-2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Department
Organizational Leadership
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Committee Chair or Primary Advisor
Richard Dool
Second Committee Member or Secondary Advisor
Matthew Basham
Third Committee Member or Committee Reader
Ian Shepherd
Abstract
The study of risk culture is a recent phenomenon focusing on its impact on risk management programs after organizations continue to experience adverse events when implementing risk management programs. This interpretive phenomenological analysis aims to understand whether risk managers understand the impact of risk culture on their risk management programs through their lived experience. Semi-structured interviews of ten risk managers with at least ten years of experience in the risk management profession provided a rich context to support the findings of this study. Risk managers can identify aspects of risk culture, but they struggle to identify ways to change the risk culture. Although risk managers identified risk culture as a variable that impacts their program’s effectiveness, it is also typically not considered in their risk assessments. Consequently, the impact of an investment in a risk management program is limited due to the unaddressed impact of the risk culture.
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Recommended Citation
Raab, William L., "The Understanding of Risk Culture Among Risk Management Practitioners" (2022). Digital Commons @ ACU, Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 441.
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/441