Organizing to counter terrorism: Sensemaking amidst dynamic complexity

Human Relations

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1201-1223

  Colville, Ian ^a   Pye, Annie ^b   Carter, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cues; frames; identity; novelty; organizing; sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883202013     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712468912     Document Type: Article

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