Change as an underlying theme in professional service organizations: An introduction

Organization Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 563-572

  Greenwood, Royston ^a   Lachman, Ran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b College of Management ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Change; Globalization; Professional services; Professional client relationships; Restructuring of professional organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001214440     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069601700401     Document Type: Article

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