Organizational risk as it derives from what managers value: A practice-based approach to risk assessment

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 145-154

  Corvellec, Herv ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77955357701     PISSN: 09660879     EISSN: 14685973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2010.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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