An institutional analysis of the risk management process during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from an emerging market

被引:12
作者
Metwally, Abdelmoneim Bahyeldin Mohamed [1 ]
Diab, Ahmed [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Assiut Univ, Fac Commerce, Dept Accounting, Assiut, Egypt
[2] Prince Sultan Univ, Dept Accounting, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[3] Beni Suef Univ, Fac Commerce, Bani Suwayf, Egypt
关键词
Institutional logics; Risk management; COVID-19; Insurance; Bahrain; LOGICS; CONSTELLATIONS; COMPLEXITY; FIELD;
D O I
10.1108/JAOC-03-2021-0043
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
Purpose This study aims to investigate the institutional changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic on the Bahraini insurance sector. This study also examines how those changes affected the risk management practices. Design/methodology/approach This study deploys a qualitative methodology with a case study design. The data are collected from multiple sources such as semi-structured interviews, documents and website analyses. Findings The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an institutional change in the Bahraini insurance sector. Pre-COVID-19, the professional logic was the dominant institutional logic. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic and its related uncertainties made the economic logic the most dominant logic. Accordingly, risk officers are currently responding to the crisis by being more risk-averse than risk managers. This study presents an inclusive institutional understanding of risk management as informed by the professional logic and socio-political and economic logics. Practical implications This study has implications for regulators and insurance customers by giving a snapshot of how insurers' risk officers respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, which can help envisage their plans and actions. Originality/value This study contributes to risk management and institutional logics literature by illustrating how changes in risk management practices in emerging markets are an operational manifestation of sustaining profits and maintaining the positions of risk officers. This extends the risk management literature by bringing early evidence from an emerging market regarding risk officers' behaviours and control plans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, this study extends the institutional logics literature by exploring the micro-level impacts of logics in an emerging insurance market.
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页码:40 / 62
页数:23
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