The Evolution of Networks and the Resilience of Interorganizational Relationships after Disaster

Communication Monographs

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 533-559

  Doerfel, Marya L ^a   Chewning, Lisa V ^b   Lai, Chih Hui ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Evolutionary Theory; Hurricane Katrina; Networked Forms of Organizing; Organizational Resilience; Social Capital; Social Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886443050     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637751.2013.828157     Document Type: Article

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