Clarifying the attributes of organizational crises

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-91

  Kovoor Misra, Sarah ^a   Clair, Judith A ^b   Bettenhausen, Kenneth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Organization Studies ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPMENTAL CRISES;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 0035336611     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1625(99)00081-5     Document Type: Article

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