Policy dysfunction in humanitarian organizations: The role of coping strategies, institutions, and organizational culture

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-60

  Walkup, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID WORKERS; COPING STRATEGY; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE; POLICY FAILURE;

EID: 0030691124     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/10.1.37     Document Type: Article

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