Managing the interplay and tensions of consulting interventions:The consultant-client relationship as mediation and reconciliation

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 343-365

  Pellegrinelli, Sergio ^a  

^a SP Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clients; Consultants; Mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986106886     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710210426844     Document Type: Article

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