The obituary as bricolage: The Mann Gulch disaster and the problem of heroic rationality

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 487-491

  Stahl, Bernd Carsten ^a,b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Computer Sciences and Engineering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical research; Heroic management; Mann Gulch disaster; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144511494     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000560     Document Type: Review

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