Inside out? Organizational membership, ambiguity and the ambivalent identity of the internal consultant

British Journal of Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-322

  Wright, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 68849085578     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2008.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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