Accomplishments in consultancy work: ambiguity and distribution of praise and blame
Författare
Redaktör
- Candlin C
- Crichton J
Summary, in English
This chapter addresses identity constructions in the context of consultant-client relations in consultancy work. The focus is on how consultants and client managers use the image of each other as negative mirrors of themselves, making collaboration tension-ridden and complicated. In particular we emphasize identity dynamics around the attribution of credit and blame, drawing attention to the evaluatory and moral aspects of identity constructions in ambiguous, boundary-spanning work contexts.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2010
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Discourses of Deficit
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Ämne
- Business Administration
Nyckelord
- credit and blame
- clients
- management consultancy
- identity work
- ambiguity
Status
Published