Initial Crisis Reaction and Poliheuristic Theory

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-68

  DeRouen Jr , Karl ^a   Sprecher, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis reaction; Crisis trigger; Decision making; Poliheuristic models

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642496782     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002703260271     Document Type: Article

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