Resilience and vulnerability of small flexible crisis response teams: Implications for training and preparation

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 143-155

  Lundberg, Jonas ^a   Rankin, Amy ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crisis management; Improvisation; Resilience climate; Resilience engineering; Training; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; IMPROVISATION; RESILIENCE CLIMATE; RESILIENCE ENGINEERINGS; VULNERABILITY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84898597010     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-013-0253-z     Document Type: Article

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