The incident command system: High-reliability organizing for complex and volatile task environments

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1281-1299

  Bigley, Gregory A ^b   Roberts, Karlene H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035624789     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3069401     Document Type: Article

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