Representations of Clients about Business Consulting and Consultant Competencies
This article is devoted to the study of perceptions of entrepreneurs and managers about necessary characteristics and competencies of business consultants and about expected results of interaction with them. A comparison was made with the perceptions of respondents not related to the business environment about characteristics and competencies of psychologists and about expected results of interaction with them. It has been established that the "client - business consultant" relationship belongs to the category of assistance relationships. The results of research on the perceptions of entrepreneurs and managers about business counseling, as well as on the perceptions of respondents who are not related to the business environment about psychological counseling are presented. Based on the respondents' ideas, professional "portraits" of a business consultant and a counsellor psychologist were formed.