Are Consultants Moving Towards Professionalization?

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 24, Issue , 2006, Pages 69-100

  Groß, Claudia ^a   Kieser, Alfred ^a  

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EID: 33645862876     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-558X(06)24004-7     Document Type: Review

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