Communication and cultural distortion during crises

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-41

  Smallman, Clive ^a   Weir, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications; Crisis management; Culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950032652     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653569910258219     Document Type: Article

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