Leadership style, crisis response and blame management: The case of hurricane katrina

Public Administration

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 706-723

  Boin, Arjen ^a   Hart, Paul T ^b   Mcconnell, Allan ^c   Preston, Thomas ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COPING STRATEGY; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; HEURISTICS; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; LEADERSHIP; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 77956289825     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2010.01836.x     Document Type: Article

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