Inter-organisational communication in civil-military cooperation during complex emergencies: A case study in Afghanistan

Disasters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 412-435

  Rietjens, Sebastiaan J H ^a   Verlaan, Kirsten ^b   Zaalberg, Thijs W Brocades ^c   De Boer, Sirp J ^d  

^a NETHERLANDS DEFENCE ACADEMY   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Ministry of Interior   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Institute of Military History   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Civil military interaction; Information exchange; Information management

Indexed keywords

CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP; DATABASE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MILITARY INTERVENTION; MODELING;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DISASTER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOLDIER;

AFGHANISTAN; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISASTERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PRIVATE SECTOR;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EURASIA; KABUL [AFGHANISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67049160780     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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