Identifying Crisis Threats: A Partial Synthesis of the Literature on Crisis Threat Assessment with Relevance to Public Administrations

The crisis management literature offers a host of theoretical treatises that are relevant to crisis threat assessment in public administrations; however, these insights remain non-cumulative, non-consolidated, and unstructured in a field of individual contributions. Using existing literature regardi...

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Main Author: Christian Kalbassi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Atlantis Press 2016-09-01
Series:Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR)
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Online Access:https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/25863590.pdf
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spelling doaj-9ff10dc65c9e4c8cbdb1e8755f58de5a2020-11-24T21:34:40ZengAtlantis PressJournal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR)2210-85052016-09-016310.2991/jrarc.2016.6.3.1Identifying Crisis Threats: A Partial Synthesis of the Literature on Crisis Threat Assessment with Relevance to Public AdministrationsChristian KalbassiThe crisis management literature offers a host of theoretical treatises that are relevant to crisis threat assessment in public administrations; however, these insights remain non-cumulative, non-consolidated, and unstructured in a field of individual contributions. Using existing literature regarding crisis definitions, crisis classifications, and crisis threat assessment tools, this exploratory paper identifies crucial analytical approaches to crisis threat assessment with relevance to public administrations. A critical evaluation of the specific research reveals gaps in the theoretical knowledge base and identifies three conceptual requirements for promoting a profound theorization of the field: the provision of relevant crisis threat variables, the specification of these variables, and the consolidation of the existing crisis threat assessment literature.https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/25863590.pdfCrisis threat identificationcrisis threat assessmentcrisis classificationanalytical methodsanalytical frameworkspublic administration.
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Identifying Crisis Threats: A Partial Synthesis of the Literature on Crisis Threat Assessment with Relevance to Public Administrations
Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR)
Crisis threat identification
crisis threat assessment
crisis classification
analytical methods
analytical frameworks
public administration.
author_facet Christian Kalbassi
author_sort Christian Kalbassi
title Identifying Crisis Threats: A Partial Synthesis of the Literature on Crisis Threat Assessment with Relevance to Public Administrations
title_short Identifying Crisis Threats: A Partial Synthesis of the Literature on Crisis Threat Assessment with Relevance to Public Administrations
title_full Identifying Crisis Threats: A Partial Synthesis of the Literature on Crisis Threat Assessment with Relevance to Public Administrations
title_fullStr Identifying Crisis Threats: A Partial Synthesis of the Literature on Crisis Threat Assessment with Relevance to Public Administrations
title_full_unstemmed Identifying Crisis Threats: A Partial Synthesis of the Literature on Crisis Threat Assessment with Relevance to Public Administrations
title_sort identifying crisis threats: a partial synthesis of the literature on crisis threat assessment with relevance to public administrations
publisher Atlantis Press
series Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR)
issn 2210-8505
publishDate 2016-09-01
description The crisis management literature offers a host of theoretical treatises that are relevant to crisis threat assessment in public administrations; however, these insights remain non-cumulative, non-consolidated, and unstructured in a field of individual contributions. Using existing literature regarding crisis definitions, crisis classifications, and crisis threat assessment tools, this exploratory paper identifies crucial analytical approaches to crisis threat assessment with relevance to public administrations. A critical evaluation of the specific research reveals gaps in the theoretical knowledge base and identifies three conceptual requirements for promoting a profound theorization of the field: the provision of relevant crisis threat variables, the specification of these variables, and the consolidation of the existing crisis threat assessment literature.
topic Crisis threat identification
crisis threat assessment
crisis classification
analytical methods
analytical frameworks
public administration.
url https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/25863590.pdf
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