Corporate governance in the context of crises: Towards a stakeholder theory of crisis management

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-49

  Alpaslan, Can M ^a   Green, Sandy E ^b   Mitroff, Ian I ^c,d,e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; STAKEHOLDER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 66749131666     PISSN: 09660879     EISSN: 14685973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2009.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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