The real-time power of Twitter: Crisis management and leadership in an age of social media

Business Horizons

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-172

  Gruber, Daniel A ^a   Smerek, Ryan E ^a   Thomas Hunt, Melissa C ^b   James, Erika H ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis; Expertise; Leadership; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924062235     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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