Post-crisis discourse and organizational change, failure and renewal

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 78-95

  Seeger, Matthew W ^a   Ulmer, Robert R ^b   Novak, Julie M ^c   Sellnow, Timothy ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Narratives; Organizational change; Social dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844461206     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810510579869     Document Type: Article

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