Expectations of Grassroots Community Leadership in Times of Normality and Crisis

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 184-194

  Boehm, Amnon ^a   Enoshm, Guy ^a   Michal, Shamai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LEADERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SECURITY;

ISRAEL; LEBANON;

EID: 78349278400     PISSN: 09660879     EISSN: 14685973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2010.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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