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Przegląd Europejski – European Studies Quarterly

Visegrad countries and COVID-19: is the coronavirus pandemic a VUCA phenomenon?

2021, 2021, No. 1

Stefan Lehrner

DOI

10.31338/1641-2478pe.1.21.6

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14.04.2021

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Social sciences

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international relations, economics and finance, communication and media studies, political science and public administration, management and quality studies, law, sociology

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English, Polish

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Abstract

This article will examine whether the Visegrad Group countries (V4) are moving closer together or further apart in this COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve that, the respective COVID-19 measures taken by governments in March and April 2020 in the V4 countries will be analysed using the VUCA model. VUCA is an acronym, and it includes four English terms: volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. Using the VUCA model, a Framework of VUCA Factors has been created in this article, which can be used as a basic model to further identify innovative leadership strategies during pandemic situations.

Keywords:

COVID-19,pandemic,coronavirus,Visegrad Group countries (V4),VUCA,European Union (EU)

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