Knowledge production in consulting teams

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-289

  Reihlen, Markus ^a   Nikolova, Natalia ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive feedback; Consulting teams; Knowledge production; Management consulting; Self organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955774834     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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