Actionable knowledge: Consulting to promote women on boards

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 435-450

  Adams, Susan M ^a   Flynn, Patricia M ^a,b  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Economics and Management ^*

Author keywords

Change management; Consultants; Knowledge capture; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944533463     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810510614931     Document Type: Review

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