A case study of factor influencing role improvisation in crisis response teams

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-93

  Rankin, Amy ^a   Dahlbäck, Nils ^a   Lundberg, Jonas ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crisis management; Episode analysis; Organizational improvisation; Resilience engineering; Role improvisation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; EPISODE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL IMPROVISATION; RESILIENCE ENGINEERINGS; ROLE IMPROVISATION;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872679603     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-011-0186-3     Document Type: Article

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