Management consulting: a review of fifty years of scholarly research
ISSN: 2040-8269
Article publication date: 23 May 2019
Issue publication date: 16 August 2019
Abstract
Purpose
Academic research on management consulting or having management consultancy as the main research field is huge as the sector is a strategic one for management innovation, but a systematic and updated literature review is missing. This paper aims to fill this gap by providing a comprehensive systematic review of scholarly peer reviewed journals looking at the ambivalent roles of consultants in driving management innovation as well as management fashions.
Design/methodology/approach
A systematic literature review has been performed.
Findings
This paper provides a systematization of existing literature, where the state of the art is assessed and future research paths are highlighted.
Originality/value
The proposed research fills the gap concerning a review of literature on this topic and provides an analysis of 50 years of scholarly research, highlighting both the bright and dark sides of management consulting.
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Acknowledgements
Corrigendum: It has come to the attention of the publisher that the article Ernesto Tavoletti, Corrado Cerruti, Cecilia Grieco, (2019) “Management consulting: a review of fifty years of scholarly research”, published in Management Research Review, currently on Earlycite, listed an incorrect author order. The correct order is Corrado Cerruti, Ernesto Tavoletti, Cecilia Grieco (2019) “Management consulting: a review of fifty years of scholarly research”. Future citations should reflect this correction. The authors sincerely apologise for this.
Citation
Cerruti, C., Tavoletti, E. and Grieco, C. (2019), "Management consulting: a review of fifty years of scholarly research", Management Research Review, Vol. 42 No. 8, pp. 902-925. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-03-2018-0100
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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