I've Seen Fire and I've Seen Rain: Public management and performance after a natural disaster

Administration and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 979-1003

  Meier, Kenneth J ^a   O'Toole Jr , Laurence J ^b   Hicklin, Alisa ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricanes; Organizational shocks; Performance; Public education; Public management

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349119702     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399709349027     Document Type: Article

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