Management consulting: a review of fifty years of scholarly research

Corrado Cerruti, Ernesto Tavoletti and Cecilia Grieco

Management Research Review, 2019, vol. 42, issue 8, 902-925

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.

Keywords: Literature review; Knowledge management; Management innovation; Strategic management and leadership; Management fashion; Management consulting; Client-consultant relationship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1108/MRR-03-2018-0100

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