Hollow from the start? image professionalism in management consulting

Current Sociology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 530-550

  Kipping, Matthias ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

management consulting; professional associations; professional image; professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959691283     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392111402727     Document Type: Article

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