The consulting career in transition: From partnership to corporate

Career Development International

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-338

  Adams, Susan M ^a   Zanzi, Alberto ^b  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Consultants; Organizational change; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844446849     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430510609154     Document Type: Article

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