Elite identity and status anxiety: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of management consultants

Organization

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 306-325

  Gill, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; identity regulation; identity work; interpretative phenomenological analysis; management consultants; status anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927797900     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508413514287     Document Type: Article

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