"Drawing on extended ethnographic studies of management consultancies in the Oslo region of Norway, this book seeks to find a richer understanding of their role in contemporary work life and the attraction their practices exert on people. The author shows that management consultancy is an arena...

The effect of consultancy firms' locationontheir ability to procure clients in Norway is investigated through the casestudies of three client firms and their experiences using consultants. Amatched pairs methodology is implemented to determine the effect of thegeographical socio-economic setting...

People in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden work more than the countries’ high tax rates would lead us to predict. This observation is explained by a shared belief system that emphasises women’s rights to labour market participation.