Tourism crisis management and organizational learning: The role of reflection in developing effective DMO crisis strategies

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 23, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 45-57

  Blackman, Deborah ^a   Ritchie, Brent W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crisis; DMO; Organizational learning; Reflection; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349140456     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v23n02_04     Document Type: Article

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