Communicating crisis: How culture influences image repair in Western and Asian governments

Corporate Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-242

  Low, Yvonne Siew Yoong ^a   Varughese, Jeni ^a   Pang, Augustine ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Case studies; Communication management; Crisis management; Cross cultural management; Disaster management; Government policy; National cultures; Rhetoric; Taiwan; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052592012     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563281111156880     Document Type: Article

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