Management consultant talk: A cross-cultural comparison of normalizing discourse and resistance

Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 539-564

  Meriläinen, Susan ^a   Tienari, Janne ^b   Thomas, Robyn ^c   Davies, Annette ^c  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Gender; Identity; Management consultants; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042775715     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508404044061     Document Type: Article

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