| Summary: | Item does not contain fulltext Managing a crisis is more than just taking operational measures to control the crisis. It also includes facing political and public disgruntlement. During most crises, there is a need to hold someone responsible for what has happened. Blame will be assigned whether it is deserved or not. Since blame may very well lead to resignation, actors will do their best to avoid getting blamed. One person’s successful blame response, however, can be another person’s downfall. So how do blame responses of various actors influence the actor who is mainly in charge of managing the crisis? And what is the effect of this main actor’s actions in terms of blame response and operational measures when incidents continue to occur thereby showing that the crisis is far from over? In this paper, the effect of five variables (the operational response of the main and other actors, the blame response of the main and other actors, and the occurrence of incidents) on the main actor’s blame level will be investigated using the Dutch avian flu crisis.
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