Is it simply a matter of managerial competence? Interpreting Chinese executives' perceptions of crisis management

Public Relations Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-239

  Liu, Xi ^a   Chang, Zhuo ^b   Zhao, Ping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis management; Managerial perceptions; Organisational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649499805     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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