Phenomenological Analysis of FactorsInfluencing Post-Crisis Businesses RecoveryCase Study of earthquake affected small businesses of KermanshahProvince
After natural disasters, one of the most important aspects of recovery is to rebuild the affected small businesses andthat is the continuation of their activity. However, when natural disasters occur, the focus of the planners and executiveson recovery is usually physically focused and the neglect of small business recovery is neglected. As a result,recovery of small businesses is a major challenge in disastered areas, and choosing the right approach based on theeconomic, social and cultural conditions of the affected community is crucial. Accordingly, the purpose of this studywas to analyze the factors affecting the recovery of small businesses after the Kermanshah earthquake in 2017, usingthe phenomenological approach and the Colaizzi approach. To this end, the lived experiences of 36 affected urban andrural business owners were analyzed using in-depth semi-structured interviews using purposeful and criterion samplingmethods. In order to comply with the qualitative characteristics of the research, three criteria of acceptability,validity and Dependability were used. The results of the inductive content analysis of the data obtained from the interviewsidentified and prioritize the factors affecting small business recovery, including 157 concepts and h categoriesof factors affecting small business recovery including managerial and economic factors, Supervisory and executive,individual and organizational, cultural and social, infrastructure and process, legal and legitimate, informants, andexternal and non-native factors resulted. Research findings show that attention to factors affecting the recovery of affectedsmall businesses facilitates and accelerates their recovery process and provides the basis for survivors to surviveand earn money from trauma survivors.
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