Consultants And Clients From Constructivist Perspectives

The Oxford Handbook of Management Consulting

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Czarniawska, Barbara ^a   Mazza, Carmelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Constructivist perspective; Consultant client relationship; Liminality; Management consulting; Social constructivist perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923541711     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199235049.013.0021     Document Type: Chapter

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