Reinserting the professional into the study of globalizing professional service firms: The case of law

Global Networks

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-270

  Faulconbridge, James R ^a   Muzio, Daniel ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalization; Legal practice; Professional service firms; Professionalism; Varieties of professionalism

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

GLOBALIZATION; PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRMS; PROFESSIONALISM;

PERSONNEL SELECTION;

GLOBALIZATION; LEGAL SYSTEM; SERVICE SECTOR; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 34249996997     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2007.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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