Three types of interactions – discursive, translating and based on experience – allowed actors to improvise consistently and manage the critical aspects of the 2003 French heat wave. Our study suggests that managers should help to generate these interactions during crisis response. It also...

While current crisis management literature focuses on the necessity of consistent data and shared interpretation to coordinate effectively, contrastingly, this paper highlights the predominating influence of crisis responders' performances on information transmission. Based on an exploratory...

L’improvisation suscite un intérêt croissant dans la littérature managériale. Cependant, le cas particulier de l’improvisation organisationnelle a été relativement peu étudié jusqu’ici. Au- delà d’une simple transposition des caractéristiques individuelles au niveau collectif,...