Information technologies and the sharing of disaster knowledge: The critical role of professional culture

Disasters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 459-476

  Marincioni, Fausto ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Culture; Disaster communications; Emergency management; Information technologies; Italy; Knowledge transfer; United States

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DATA COLLECTION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ITALY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36348958566     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2007.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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