Organisational adaptation in an activist network: Social networks, leadership, and change in al-Muhajiroun

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 739-747

  Kenney, Michael ^a   Horgan, John ^b   Horne, Cale ^c   Vining, Peter ^b   Carley, Kathleen M ^d   Bigrigg, Michael W ^d   Bloom, Mia ^b   Braddock, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Information and Computer Sciences   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Al Muhajiroun; AutoMap; Islamist militancy; Learning; ORA; Organisational adaptation; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GROUP THEORY;

AL-MUHAJIROUN; AUTOMAP; ISLAMIST MILITANCY; LEARNING; ORA; ORGANISATIONAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84878954006     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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