Informal leadership and Networks: Lessons from the Response to the West Nile Virus Outbreak in North America
- Expanding the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case Studies
- Theresa A. Pardo, G. Brian Burke, and J. Ramon Gil-Garcia
- 2007
“Sharing information across organizational boundaries in support of a governmental response to crises requires intergovernmental collaboration and information sharing. Examining these efforts provides an opportunity to explore questions about the role of various actors in such response efforts; in particular, informal leaders. This paper, based…