Heroes, organizations and high reliability

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 72-82

  Schulman, Paul R ^a  

^a MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0002681054     PISSN: 09660879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5973.1996.tb00079.x     Document Type: Article

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