Commercialized professionalism on the field of management consulting

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-285

  Furusten, Staffan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Commercialism; Expertise; Management consulting; New professionalism; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878241893     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534811311328344     Document Type: Article

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