Expecting The Unexpected: Crisis Communication Preparedness In The Tourism Industry

Tourism is an industry highly susceptible to man-made and natural crises. Tourism operators may need to be well prepared to meet a crisis. However, are adequate contingency plans in place? Academic literature is fragmented across at least three major disciplines: strategic management; public relatio...

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Main Authors: Kerlin, Karen, De Bussy, Nigel
Format: Journal Article
Published: Deakin University Australia 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14612
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description Tourism is an industry highly susceptible to man-made and natural crises. Tourism operators may need to be well prepared to meet a crisis. However, are adequate contingency plans in place? Academic literature is fragmented across at least three major disciplines: strategic management; public relations; and tourism management. This qualitative, grounded theory study of the tourism industry in Western Australia investigates the antecedents of crisis communication preparedness at the individual operator level. The paper raises managerial implications and proposes a model of crisis communication preparedness in the tourism industry.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-146122017-01-30T11:44:50Z Expecting The Unexpected: Crisis Communication Preparedness In The Tourism Industry Kerlin, Karen De Bussy, Nigel Tourism Strategic Management Crises Public Relations Communication Tourism is an industry highly susceptible to man-made and natural crises. Tourism operators may need to be well prepared to meet a crisis. However, are adequate contingency plans in place? Academic literature is fragmented across at least three major disciplines: strategic management; public relations; and tourism management. This qualitative, grounded theory study of the tourism industry in Western Australia investigates the antecedents of crisis communication preparedness at the individual operator level. The paper raises managerial implications and proposes a model of crisis communication preparedness in the tourism industry. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14612 Deakin University Australia fulltext
spellingShingle Tourism
Strategic Management
Crises
Public Relations
Communication
Kerlin, Karen
De Bussy, Nigel
Expecting The Unexpected: Crisis Communication Preparedness In The Tourism Industry
title Expecting The Unexpected: Crisis Communication Preparedness In The Tourism Industry
title_full Expecting The Unexpected: Crisis Communication Preparedness In The Tourism Industry
title_fullStr Expecting The Unexpected: Crisis Communication Preparedness In The Tourism Industry
title_full_unstemmed Expecting The Unexpected: Crisis Communication Preparedness In The Tourism Industry
title_short Expecting The Unexpected: Crisis Communication Preparedness In The Tourism Industry
title_sort expecting the unexpected: crisis communication preparedness in the tourism industry
topic Tourism
Strategic Management
Crises
Public Relations
Communication
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14612