Conceptual research methodology to investigate the relationship between fees and quality of professional service outputs
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DOI: 10.1108/jedt-11-2021-0629
Abstract: Purpose Construction projects require a range of documents (e.g. drawings and specifications) prepared by built environment professionals. In recent years, there has been a perception amongst professionals that quality of documentation has declined. “Low” professional… read more here.
Keywords: relationship fees; professional service; quality; methodology ... See more keywords
Task Variety in Professional Service Work: When It Helps and When It Hurts
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DOI: 10.1111/poms.12874
Abstract: In a wide range of professional service firms, individuals perform a variety of tasks which are highly cognitive and knowledge intensive yet repetitive in nature, providing significant opportunities for learning. In addition, individuals in such… read more here.
Keywords: professional service; task; task variety; variety ... See more keywords
Contemporary Black Entrepreneurship in the Professional Service Sector of Chicago: Intersections of Race, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Transformation
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DOI: 10.1177/1078087417712035
Abstract: Entrepreneurship could level the playing field between racial groups and decrease poverty through job creation. Growth in the U.S. professional services (PS) sector over the last several decades has increased high-wage employment and entrepreneurship opportunities.… read more here.
Keywords: contemporary black; professional service; entrepreneurship professional; entrepreneurship ... See more keywords
How Project Management and Top Management Involvement Affect the Innovativeness of Professional Service Organizations—An Empirical Study on Hospitals
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DOI: 10.1177/8756972819857893
Abstract: This study investigates how top management involvement and project management professionalization affect firm innovativeness. We focus on hospitals as representative of professional service organizations characterized by pluralistic individual and organizational interests. A multiyear analysis of… read more here.
Keywords: professional service; top management; management; project management ... See more keywords
When are clients helpful? Capitalising on client involvement in professional service delivery
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280738
Abstract: Professional service firms apply specialist knowledge to create customised solutions to client problems. In their work, teams of professionals undertake projects in which clients may be closely involved in co-creating solutions. However, we know little… read more here.
Keywords: client involvement; professional service; client; team ... See more keywords
The role of professional service providers during the initial stages of international entrepreneurship: a neo-institutionalist view
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DOI: 10.1504/ijesb.2017.10003386
Abstract: Examined through the lens of institutional theory, entrepreneurs choosing to do business beyond their home national boundaries are choosing to operate under host country institutions that are likely to be different from their home country… read more here.
Keywords: home; professional service; role professional; entrepreneurship ... See more keywords