Crisis management in higher education: What have we learned from Virginia tech?

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 552-572

  Wang, Jia ^a   Hutchins, Holly M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

case study; change management; crisis management; higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651479814     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: 15523055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422310394433     Document Type: Article

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