Take the money and run? Organisational boundaries and consultants' roles

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Kitay, Jim ^a   Wright, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 3242706214     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0264206042000247731     Document Type: Article

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