Crisis leadership styles-Bligh versus Gillard: A content analysis of Twitter posts on the Queensland floods

Journal of Public Affairs

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 326-332

  De Bussy, Nigel Martin ^a   Paterson, Ann ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84870250662     PISSN: 14723891     EISSN: 14791854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pa.1428     Document Type: Article

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