Management consultants: What do they do?

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 181-188

  de Jong, Jan A ^a   Van Eekelen, Ilse M ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Twijnstra Gudde Management Consultants ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consultancy; Interaction; Intervention; Management consultants; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986018788     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437739910276984     Document Type: Article

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