Post-crisis communication and renewal: Expanding the parameters of post-crisis discourse

Public Relations Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-134

  Ulmer, Robert R ^a   Seeger, Matthew W ^b   Sellnow, Timothy L ^c  

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

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrective action; Crisis; Effective leadership; Ethical communication; Opportunity; Renewal; Stakeholder communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247468108     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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