TY - BOOK AU - Littlefield,Robert S. AU - Sellnow,Timothy L. TI - Risk and crisis communication: navigating the tensions between organizations and the public SN - 9781498517904 AV - HD49 .R57 2015 U1 - 658.4/056 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Lanham PB - Lexington Books KW - Crisis management KW - Public relations KW - Management KW - Communication KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Industrial Management KW - bisacsh KW - Management Science KW - Organizational Behavior KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Robert S. Littlefield -- Adding the focus on culture as a best practice / Robert S. Littlefield -- Tension of timeliness : how timing proved costly for peanut corporation of America / Shalindra Rathnasinghe & Robert S. Littlefield -- Tension of openness : an examination of menu foods organizational disclosure during the 2007 pet-food recall / Laura C. Farrell -- Tension of certainty: the mistakes of the e coli outbreak in Europe / Nigel D. Haarstad & Robert S. Littlefield -- The tension of organizational interest : China's 2008 melamine milk crisis / Tara B. Freed & Robert S. Littlefield -- Tension of taking responsibility : the failings of del bueno in the queso fresco crisis / Jessica Rick & Robert S. Littlefield -- The tension of controlling the narrative : construing and mis-construing risk messages / Elizabeth L. Petrun -- The tension of emotional connection : health literacy and the 2010 salmonella egg recall / Holly A. Roberts and Shari R. Veil -- Reflecting on the dialectal tensions in crisis communication : lessons learned and future opportunities / Timothy L. Sellnow N2 - This book applies relational dialects to risk and crisis communication in order to explain how agencies and organizations navigate tensions with stakeholders and the public during high-stress situations. Littlefield and Sellnow's novel use of this interpersonal theory, which conceptually describes how couples negotiate tensions as they maintain their relationship, is exemplified through seven case studies that each focus on one common tension UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1080285 ER -