Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Discourses of Deficit |
| Editors | Candlin C, Crichton J |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Business Administration
Free keywords
- credit and blame
- clients
- management consultancy
- identity work
- ambiguity