La industria de la consultoría y la constitución de la élite managerial de las grandes empresas argentinas

the purpose of this article is to analyze the role adopted by the consulting industry in the constitution of the managerial elite of large companies in argentina. the goal is to show that the consulting firms have an outstanding role in the organizational processes of large argentinean companies. they often participate directly in the leader's selection process - being in charged of the recruitment tests, evaluation, and promotion- as well as in the constitution of sociability relations that generate unequal possibilities of professional career.