Expertise and organizational boundaries: The varying roles of Australian management consultants

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 21-40

  Kitay, Jim ^a   Wright, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0141994488     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288610     Document Type: Article

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