“…Professional services, in general, include diverse fields such as accountancy, advertising, architectural, medical/health, recruitment, insurance brokerage, investment banks, legal, management consultancy, media production, medical information, real-estate brokerages, research and development laboratories and software design (Brandon-Jones, Lewis, Verma & Walsman, 2016;Finch et al, 2015;Koku, 2015). Brandon-Jones, Lewis, Verma and Walsman (2016) contend that professional services firms share several common operational traits including significant levels of customer engagement, customization, knowledge intensity and relatively low capital investment.…”