The performance of authority in organizations: an example from management consulting

Sketches a pragmatist model of authority by studying the case of a consultant faced with the issue of establishing his authority in the actual context of a consulting assignment, and showing how the consultant invokes various “figures” that lend weight to his actions.

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Year of publication:	2013-01
Authors:	Bourgoin, Alaric ; Bencherki, Nicolas
Institutions:	Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation (CSI), MINES ParisTech
Subject:	authority \| boundaries \| consultancy \| ethnography \| client relationship

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	CSI Working Papers Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 029 38 pages
Classification:	M14 - Corporate Culture; Social Responsibility ; M42 - Auditing
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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