Mentoring among management advisory services professionals: An adaptive mechanism to cope with rapid corporate change

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-116

  Rigsby, John T ^a   Siegel, Philip H ^b   Spiceland, J David ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Management consultants; Mentoring; Mentors; Mergers and acquisitions; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992998215     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686909810202809     Document Type: Article

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