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The Oxford handbook of professional service firms / edited by Laura Empson, Daniel Muzio, Joseph Broschak, Bob Hinings.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2015Edition: First EditionDescription: 560 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199682393 (hbk.) :
  • 9780199682393 (hbk.) :
Other title:
  • Handbook of professional service firms
  • Professional service firms
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.46 EMP
LOC classification:
  • HD62.65
Contents:
1.Researching professional service firms: an introduction and overview. Laura Empson, Daniel Muzio, Joseph P.Broschak, and Bob Hinings -- Part 1.Professional service firms in context -- 2.Theoretical perspectives on the professions. Roy Suddaby and Daniel Muzio -- 3.Dynamics of regulation of professional service firms: national and transational developments. Sigrid Quack and Elke Schu·ker -- 4.Internationalizaton of professional service firms: drivers, forms, and outcomes. Mehdi Boussebaa and Glenn Morgan -- 5.Organizations and occupations: towards hybrid professionalism in professional service firms? Ian Kirkpatrick and Mirko Noordegraaf -- 6.Professional ethics: origins, applications, and developments. Ronit Dinovitzer, Hugh Gunz, and Sally Gunz -- 7.Sources of homogeneity and heterogeneity across professional services. Andrew von Nordenflycht, Namrata Malhotra, and Timothy Morris -- Part II.Professional service firms: management and organization -- 8.Leadership and professional: multiple manifestations of influence in professional service firms. Laura Empson and Ann Langley -- 9.Governance in professional service firsm: from structural and cultural ot legal normative views. Huseyin Leblebici and Peter D. Sherer -- 10.Strategy and strategic alignment in professional service firms. John Mawdsley and Deepak Somaya -- 11.Service innovational in professional service firms: a review and future research directions. Michael Barrett and Bob Hinings -- 12.Entrepreneurship and professional service firms. Markus Reihlen and Andreas Werr -- 13.Marketing and reputation within professional service firms. William S. Harvey and Vincent-Wayne Mitchell -- 14.Client relationships in professional service firms. Joseph P.Broshchak -- 15.Outsourcing and offshoring of professional services. Mari Sako -- Part III. Professional service firms: individuals and interactions -- 16.Interplay of professional, bureaucratic, and entrpreneurial career forms in professional service firms. Laurie Cohen -- 17.Teamwork and collaboration in professional service firms: evolution, challenges, and opportunities -- 18.Professional service firms and identity. Mats Alvesson, Kan Ka·rreman, and Kate Sullivan -- 19.Knowledge and learning in professional service firms. James Faulconbridge -- 20.Diversity and inclusion in professional service firms. James Faulconbridge -- 21.Strategic human resource management and performance management in professional service firms. Juani Swart, Nina Katrin Hansen, and Nicholas Kinnie.
Summary: This handbook discusses firms providing services in the traditional professions such as law, accounting, and architecture, as well as newer sectors such as management consulting, advertising, and engineering. It provides a critical overview of contemporary research on the professional service firm sector, and suggests avenues of future inquiry.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 338.46 EMP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 222882

1.Researching professional service firms: an introduction and overview. Laura Empson, Daniel Muzio, Joseph P.Broschak, and Bob Hinings -- Part 1.Professional service firms in context -- 2.Theoretical perspectives on the professions. Roy Suddaby and Daniel Muzio -- 3.Dynamics of regulation of professional service firms: national and transational developments. Sigrid Quack and Elke Schu·ker -- 4.Internationalizaton of professional service firms: drivers, forms, and outcomes. Mehdi Boussebaa and Glenn Morgan -- 5.Organizations and occupations: towards hybrid professionalism in professional service firms? Ian Kirkpatrick and Mirko Noordegraaf -- 6.Professional ethics: origins, applications, and developments. Ronit Dinovitzer, Hugh Gunz, and Sally Gunz -- 7.Sources of homogeneity and heterogeneity across professional services. Andrew von Nordenflycht, Namrata Malhotra, and Timothy Morris -- Part II.Professional service firms: management and organization -- 8.Leadership and professional: multiple manifestations of influence in professional service firms. Laura Empson and Ann Langley -- 9.Governance in professional service firsm: from structural and cultural ot legal normative views. Huseyin Leblebici and Peter D. Sherer -- 10.Strategy and strategic alignment in professional service firms. John Mawdsley and Deepak Somaya -- 11.Service innovational in professional service firms: a review and future research directions. Michael Barrett and Bob Hinings -- 12.Entrepreneurship and professional service firms. Markus Reihlen and Andreas Werr -- 13.Marketing and reputation within professional service firms. William S. Harvey and Vincent-Wayne Mitchell -- 14.Client relationships in professional service firms. Joseph P.Broshchak -- 15.Outsourcing and offshoring of professional services. Mari Sako -- Part III. Professional service firms: individuals and interactions -- 16.Interplay of professional, bureaucratic, and entrpreneurial career forms in professional service firms. Laurie Cohen -- 17.Teamwork and collaboration in professional service firms: evolution, challenges, and opportunities -- 18.Professional service firms and identity. Mats Alvesson, Kan Ka·rreman, and Kate Sullivan -- 19.Knowledge and learning in professional service firms. James Faulconbridge -- 20.Diversity and inclusion in professional service firms. James Faulconbridge -- 21.Strategic human resource management and performance management in professional service firms. Juani Swart, Nina Katrin Hansen, and Nicholas Kinnie.

This handbook discusses firms providing services in the traditional professions such as law, accounting, and architecture, as well as newer sectors such as management consulting, advertising, and engineering. It provides a critical overview of contemporary research on the professional service firm sector, and suggests avenues of future inquiry.

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