Self-Organization and leadership emergence in emergency response teams

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-204

  Guastello, Stephen J ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Emergency response; Leadership emergence; Stag hunt; Swallowtail catastrophe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIVIL DEFENSE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GAME; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CIVIL DEFENSE; COMMUNICATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DISASTERS; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GROUP PROCESSES; GROUP STRUCTURE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RELIEF WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953088264     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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