Organizational preparedness for coping with a major crisis or disaster

Business and Society

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-103

  Fowler, Karen L ^a   Kling, Nathan D ^a   Larson, Milan D ^a  

^a Monfort College of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis and disaster planning; Crisis and disaster preparedness; Emergency response planning; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847261098     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650306293390     Document Type: Article

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