British government communication during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: learning from high reliability organizations

This article examines British government communication during the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing how it aligns to the communicational characteristics of high reliability organizations (HROs). The central proposition of the study is that HROs’ organizational culture enables and cultivates effective, et...

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Main Author: Sanders, Karen B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2020]
In: Church, Communication and Culture
Year: 2020, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 356-377
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBF British Isles
NCC Social ethics
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B Communication Studies
B Coronavirus
B Government crisis communication
B high reliability organizations
B Trust
B Organizational Communications
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