Increasing the Impact of Thought Leadership in Crisis Communication

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 523-542

  Ulmer, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

crisis communication; discourse of renewal; normative theories; positive communication; resilience; transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870593204     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318912461907     Document Type: Article

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