Process consultation revisited: Taking a relational practice perspective

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-58

  Lambrechts, Frank ^a   Grieten, Styn ^b   Bouwen, René ^c   Corthouts, Felix ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HUBrussel   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contextual embeddedness; Organization development; Process consultation; Quality of relational practices; Relational constructionism; Relational practice perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849088566     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886308326563     Document Type: Article

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