The use of information sources by business consultants: a study on a consulting market in Belo Horizonte

• Autor(a) principal: Pereira, Frederico Cesar Mafra
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Barbosa, Ricardo Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Perspectivas em Ciência da Informação (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/pci/article/view/23537

Thirty sources used by business consultants were identified and categorized according to the origin (internal/external), proximity (personal/non-personal) and media (electronic/non-electronic). The behavior of the consultants for seeking information was identified, with emphasis on the frequency, perceived relevance and reliability. Electronic sources are more frequently accessed: personal sources are more relevant and reliable. The behavior of the consultants as for information use was identified: to make sense of the changes of the external environmental, to build knowledge or support decision-making. This last aspect was considered the main objective of information search for the consultants