Business continuity as an adaptive social process

International Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 338-347

  Rapaport, Carmit ^a   Kirschenbaum, Alan ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Business continuity; Organisational response; Social networks

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; EMPLOYMENT; MANAGERS; ROCKETS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR; BUSINESS CONTINUITY; BUSINESS OPERATION; DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS; EMERGENCY SITUATION; ORGANISATIONAL; SOCIAL PROCESS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JOB PERFORMANCE; MANAGER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 66149109206     PISSN: 14714825     EISSN: 17415071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEM.2008.025102     Document Type: Article

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