Fiona M Kay
Biographic Data
| ID | 231848 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fiona M Kay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fiona M |
| FAMILY NAME | Kay |
| SIGNATURE | KAY F M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5250-7354 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 355 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
Quiet Rebels: A History of Ontario Women Lawyers . Mary Jane Mossman
Revolving Doors: Social Dimensions of Law Firm Culture and Pathways out of Firms
A growing body of research suggests that contemporary law firms face challenges with the retention of legal talent—especially women and racialized lawyers. Yet, we know little about the conditions that prompt lawyers to leave law firms or where they go after leaving. This article builds on the scholarship of John Hagan, emphasizing the role of social capital in law firm culture, and work by Emmanuel Lazega, tracing dimensions of law firm collegia…
The Rise of Women Lawyers in India
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Altruism at Work: An Integrated Approach to Voluntary Service among Private Practice Lawyers
Explanations of altruism remain fragmented across disciplinary lines and focus heavily on phenomena such as philanthropy, the nonprofit sector, and volunteering outside the workplace. Yet numerous professions, including law, claim a duty of service that calls on their members to volunteer. Using a mixed methods approach that draws on thirty interviews and a survey of 845 lawyers, the authors develop an integrated framework on altruism to account …
When altruism is remunerated: Understanding the bases of voluntary public service among lawyers
The legal profession claims a duty of public service that calls on lawyers to volunteer their time through "pro bono" work (i.e., free legal service). And increasingly law firms strongly endorse pro bono and even remunerate time that is provided to clients without charge. But what happens when pro bono is mandated by the law firm, even compensated? Is altruism undermined? Drawing on a survey of 845 lawyers, we develop an integrated theoretical mo…
Supportive relations in a feminized occupation: How male and female veterinarians compare
Several traditionally male-dominated professions, including law and medicine, have experienced an influx of women over the last 30 years. We extend research on gender equality in the professions, which has often examined segmentation and stratification, by examining the integration of men and women into a traditionally male-dominated profession in terms of the emotional and instrumental support they receive from colleagues. We examine veterinary …
The use of mobile technologies for work-to-family boundary permeability: The case of Finnish and Canadian male lawyers
This article explores work–family interface and the use of mobile technologies (MTs) among male lawyers in Quebec (French Canada) and Finland – two civil law contexts with reputations for legislation friendly toward work–family balance. Drawing on 34 interviews with male lawyers and combining two theoretical lenses, shifting ideals of fatherhood and work–family boundary theory, our study shows how men’s preferences for work–family boundary manage…
La culture des cabinets juridiques et la rétention des avocat·e·s
Le présent article analyse la rétention des avocats et avocates dans les cabinets d’avocats du secteur privé. Nous nous appuyons sur une enquête longitudinale portant sur des avocats et avocates de cabinets ontariens dont nous avons suivi les carrières pendant vingt ans. À l’aide de modèles de survie exponentiels et segmentés, nous examinons les facteurs organisationnels et culturels qui poussent les avocats et avocates à quitter les cabinets. L’…
Legal Profession
The legal profession refers to all occupational roles oriented toward the administration and maintenance of the legal system. Encompassing lawyers, judges, notaries, mediators, paralegals, counselors, as well as experts of legal education and scholarship, the legal profession has been the subject of considerable reflection in sociology. This sociological interest parallels the enormous attention devoted to the legal profession in various strands …
Undermining Gender Equality: Female Attrition from Private Law Practice
The number of women in the legal profession has grown tremendously over the last 40 years, with women now representing about half of all law school graduates. Despite the decades-long pipeline of women into the profession, women's representation among law firm partnerships remains dismally low. One key reason identified for women's minority presence among law firm partners is the high level of attrition of women associates from law firms. This hi…
Lawyers: Social Organization of the Profession
Tokenism, Organizational Segregation, and Coworker Relations in Law Firms
Journal Article Tokenism, Organizational Segregation, and Coworker Relations in Law Firms Get access Jean E. Wallace, Jean E. Wallace Direct correspondence to: Jean E. Wallace, Department of Sociology, The University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4; E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Fiona M. Kay Fiona M. Kay Search for other works by …
Developmental Practices, Organizational Culture, and Minority Representation in Organizational Leadership: The Case of Partners in Large U.S. Law Firms
Explanations of minority underrepresentation among organizational managers have focused primarily on either employee deficits in human and social capital or employer discrimination. To date, research has paid little attention to the role of developmental practices and related cultural values within organizations. Using data on large U.S. law firms, the authors investigate the role of formal developmental practices and cultural values in the repre…
Is More Truly Merrier: Mentoring and the Practice of Law
Cet article examine deux questions sur le mentorat. D'abord, qui est le plus susceptible de bénéficier de services de mentorat au cours de sa carrière? Ensuite, comment le mentorat influence‐t‐il les carrières des professionnels? En utilisant une enquête longitudinale sur des avocats, les auteures évaluent l'incidence des postes et des aspirations en début de carrière sur les chances de bénéficier de services de mentorat. Elles mesurent les bénéf…
The Masculine Mystique: Living Large from Law School to Later Life
The careers of male lawyers are radically altered by their experiences in the formation of families. These understudied male experiences fuel income differences, creating a highly hierarchical profession focused around a male mystique of “living large.” This study traces these processes across a 20-year longitudinal study of Toronto lawyers. We argue that time with corporate clients is a very specialized investment that is rewarded with partnersh…
Tamara Relis. Perceptions in Litigation and Mediation: Lawyers, Defendants, Plaintiffs and Gendered Parties
T amara Relis has crafted a profoundly astute book addressing the cen- tral question: How do professional and lay actors understand and experience litigated case processing leading up to and including mediation in legal disputes?Her book offers a wealth of empirical insight to current debates on styles of law practice, formal justice versus informalism, motivations underlying why plaintiffs sue, and dispute transformation debates.Her study also i…
Principals in Practice: The Importance of Mentorship in the Early Stages of Career Development
In this article we empirically assess the benefits of mentorship across a diverse range of extrinsic and intrinsic career rewards. Using an integrated model, we investigate the ways in which characteristics of the organization, as well as characteristics of both protégés and mentors affect the outcomes of mentoring relationships. Our study includes two samples: new law school graduates and a more seasoned cohort of established lawyers. Our result…
Intraprofessional Competition and Earnings Inequalities Across a Professional Chasm: The Case of the Legal Profession in Québec, Canada
Intraprofessional rivalry has a long history. This article examines earnings disparities as a dimension of intraprofessional competition amongavocatsandnotairesin the civil law system of Québec, Canada. Drawing on two large-scale surveys and in-depth interviews with legal professionals, I examine three competing perspectives of earnings inequalities: human capital, social-symbolic capital, and organizational-structural explanations. Through this …
Are Small Firms More Beautiful or Is Bigger Better? A Study of Compensating Differentials and Law Firm Internal Labor Markets
Research on the size–job rewards relationship emphasizes extrinsic rewards that are typically more prevalent in large, complex organizations. We examine whether certain intrinsic rewards are more characteristic of small firms and shift the focus from manufacturing industries to professional service (law) firms. We find that small is not entirely beautiful. Smaller firms offer more autonomy but no more challenging work or better coworker relations…
Mentors as Social Capital: Gender, Mentors, and Career Rewards in Law Practice
Previous studies have demonstrated that mentoring provides numerous career benefits to individuals and organizations. This article advances past work by examining the effects of individuals' primary and multiple developmental relationships in a longitudinal study of the careers of lawyers. We develop a social capital perspective on mentorship emphasizing reciprocity of exchange, resource mobilization, and normative expectations embedded within me…
Professional monopolies and divisive practices in law: ‘Les femmes juridiques’ in civil law, Canada
This paper examines women’s entry and advancement within Québec’s, civil law tradition of a dual system of notaires and avocats in law practice. The two arms of the profession have developed along exclusive legal jurisdictions codified through law, contrasting professional structures, and different styles of legal practice. Yet, they share a common foundation through law school and professional training and their respective practices of law occas…
Women in the Legal Profession
In recent years, the legal profession has undergone significant change, with rapidly rising numbers of women among its membership. Scholars of legal history, sociology, economics, organizational behavior, and law have examined various dimensions of the feminization of the legal profession. This review traces the parameters of integration and inequality in the careers of women and men in the contemporary legal profession. We document and assess th…
The professionalism of practising law: A comparison across work contexts
Traditionally, the literature assumed that solo practitice best exemplifies the ideal professional work arrangement and that when professionals become salaried employees their professionalism is seriously threatened. The primary goal of this paper is to examine lawyers' sense of professionalism across two work contexts: solo practitioner offices and law firm settings. We also examine status distinctions within law firms, between associates and pa…
Self-control, risky lifestyles, and situation: The role of opportunity and context in the general theory
Even Lawyers Get the Blues: Gender, Depression, and Job Satisfaction in Legal Practice
It is an intriguing puzzle that women lawyers, despite less desirable working conditions and blocked career advancement, report similar satisfaction as men lawyers with their legal careers. The paradoxical work satisfaction reported by women and men lawyers obscures a more notable difference in their depressed or despondent feelings. Using a panel study of women and men lawyers practicing in Toronto since the mid-1980s, we find at least three cau…
Raising the Bar: The Gender Stratification of Law-Firm Capital
Controversy surrounds the selection of women and men for partnerships in law firms. Two structural theories explain the greater success of men in achieving partnership. Human capital theory emphasizes investment choices and productivity; gender stratification theory highlights institutional constraints and bias. The authors incorporate Pierre Bourdieu's cultural capital perspective, which emphasizes both tangible structural sources of social capi…
The Persistent Glass Ceiling: Gendered Inequalities in the Earnings of Lawyers
La profession juridique entreprend une transformation structurelle avec une croissance prononcee au sein des entreprises des grands secteurs vitaux de l'economie. Cette restructuration vers des professions plus hautement stratifiees coincide avec l'afflux d'un grand nombre de femmes. Cet article examine l'intersection entre l'organisation du travail et la repartition des sexes dans la segmentation de la profession et ses consequences en termes de…
Women in the Legal Profession
In recent years, the legal profession has undergone significant change, with rapidly rising numbers of women among its membership. Scholars of legal history, sociology, economics, organizational behavior, and law have examined various dimensions of the feminization of the legal profession. This review traces the parameters of integration and inequality in the careers of women and men in the contemporary legal profession. We document and assess th…
Even Lawyers Get the Blues: Gender, Depression, and Job Satisfaction in Legal Practice
It is an intriguing puzzle that women lawyers, despite less desirable working conditions and blocked career advancement, report similar satisfaction as men lawyers with their legal careers. The paradoxical work satisfaction reported by women and men lawyers obscures a more notable difference in their depressed or despondent feelings. Using a panel study of women and men lawyers practicing in Toronto since the mid-1980s, we find at least three cau…
Flight from Law: A Competing Risks Model of Departures from Law Firms
Building on job satisfaction, occupational segregation, and life course literatures, I analyze temporal dimensions of career mobility within the legal profession with a sample of Canadian lawyers. I use a continuous-time stochastic model of the underlying processes of movement across work settings to examine factors accounting for gender differences in career paths. The findings suggest that women's integration into the legal profession remains m…
Building Trust: Social Capital, Distributive Justice, and Loyalty to the Firm
Trust is essential to successful business relations, particularly to the efficient operation of law firms. Trust fosters productive working relationships, favorable reputations, and a lucrative clientele. This paper contributes to research on law firm development through a consideration of social dynamics within law firms beyond traditional emphases on trading relationships and community solidarity. We introduce a social capital perspective on th…
Cultivating Clients in the Competition for Partnership: Gender and the Organizational Restructuring of Law Firms in the 1990s
In recent years, the legal profession has undergone significant organizational restructuring with the dramatic growth of firms and a rapid increase in the number of female lawyers. We argue that big firms actively recruited female lawyers during a period when women were needed to fill roles of cultivating and serving increasing numbers of institutional or corporate clients. Yet despite women's contribution of legal talent to the development of cl…
Cultural Capital, Gender, and the Structural Transformation of Legal Practice
In this article we clarify and modify Marxian and postindustrial predictions about the structural transformation of the legal profession, especially as they relate to gender differences in the law firm. In doing so, we utilize the concept of cultural capital and highlight the changing gender stratification of legal practice. We find that there is a growing centralization and concentration of cultural capital in law firms, so that both men and wom…
Tokenism, Organizational Segregation, and Coworker Relations in Law Firms
Journal Article Tokenism, Organizational Segregation, and Coworker Relations in Law Firms Get access Jean E. Wallace, Jean E. Wallace Direct correspondence to: Jean E. Wallace, Department of Sociology, The University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4; E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Fiona M. Kay Fiona M. Kay Search for other works by …
Self-control, risky lifestyles, and situation: The role of opportunity and context in the general theory
The use of mobile technologies for work-to-family boundary permeability: The case of Finnish and Canadian male lawyers
This article explores work–family interface and the use of mobile technologies (MTs) among male lawyers in Quebec (French Canada) and Finland – two civil law contexts with reputations for legislation friendly toward work–family balance. Drawing on 34 interviews with male lawyers and combining two theoretical lenses, shifting ideals of fatherhood and work–family boundary theory, our study shows how men’s preferences for work–family boundary manage…
Mentors as Social Capital: Gender, Mentors, and Career Rewards in Law Practice
Previous studies have demonstrated that mentoring provides numerous career benefits to individuals and organizations. This article advances past work by examining the effects of individuals' primary and multiple developmental relationships in a longitudinal study of the careers of lawyers. We develop a social capital perspective on mentorship emphasizing reciprocity of exchange, resource mobilization, and normative expectations embedded within me…
Undermining Gender Equality: Female Attrition from Private Law Practice
The number of women in the legal profession has grown tremendously over the last 40 years, with women now representing about half of all law school graduates. Despite the decades-long pipeline of women into the profession, women's representation among law firm partnerships remains dismally low. One key reason identified for women's minority presence among law firm partners is the high level of attrition of women associates from law firms. This hi…
Social capital, violations of trust and the vulnerability of isolates: The social organization of law practice and professional self-regulation
Principals in Practice: The Importance of Mentorship in the Early Stages of Career Development
In this article we empirically assess the benefits of mentorship across a diverse range of extrinsic and intrinsic career rewards. Using an integrated model, we investigate the ways in which characteristics of the organization, as well as characteristics of both protégés and mentors affect the outcomes of mentoring relationships. Our study includes two samples: new law school graduates and a more seasoned cohort of established lawyers. Our result…
Barriers to Gender Equality in the Canadian Legal Establishment
Developmental Practices, Organizational Culture, and Minority Representation in Organizational Leadership: The Case of Partners in Large U.S. Law Firms
Explanations of minority underrepresentation among organizational managers have focused primarily on either employee deficits in human and social capital or employer discrimination. To date, research has paid little attention to the role of developmental practices and related cultural values within organizations. Using data on large U.S. law firms, the authors investigate the role of formal developmental practices and cultural values in the repre…
Intraprofessional Competition and Earnings Inequalities Across a Professional Chasm: The Case of the Legal Profession in Québec, Canada
Intraprofessional rivalry has a long history. This article examines earnings disparities as a dimension of intraprofessional competition amongavocatsandnotairesin the civil law system of Québec, Canada. Drawing on two large-scale surveys and in-depth interviews with legal professionals, I examine three competing perspectives of earnings inequalities: human capital, social-symbolic capital, and organizational-structural explanations. Through this …
The professionalism of practising law: A comparison across work contexts
Traditionally, the literature assumed that solo practitice best exemplifies the ideal professional work arrangement and that when professionals become salaried employees their professionalism is seriously threatened. The primary goal of this paper is to examine lawyers' sense of professionalism across two work contexts: solo practitioner offices and law firm settings. We also examine status distinctions within law firms, between associates and pa…
When altruism is remunerated: Understanding the bases of voluntary public service among lawyers
The legal profession claims a duty of public service that calls on lawyers to volunteer their time through "pro bono" work (i.e., free legal service). And increasingly law firms strongly endorse pro bono and even remunerate time that is provided to clients without charge. But what happens when pro bono is mandated by the law firm, even compensated? Is altruism undermined? Drawing on a survey of 845 lawyers, we develop an integrated theoretical mo…
The Masculine Mystique: Living Large from Law School to Later Life
The careers of male lawyers are radically altered by their experiences in the formation of families. These understudied male experiences fuel income differences, creating a highly hierarchical profession focused around a male mystique of “living large.” This study traces these processes across a 20-year longitudinal study of Toronto lawyers. We argue that time with corporate clients is a very specialized investment that is rewarded with partnersh…
Are Small Firms More Beautiful or Is Bigger Better? A Study of Compensating Differentials and Law Firm Internal Labor Markets
Research on the size–job rewards relationship emphasizes extrinsic rewards that are typically more prevalent in large, complex organizations. We examine whether certain intrinsic rewards are more characteristic of small firms and shift the focus from manufacturing industries to professional service (law) firms. We find that small is not entirely beautiful. Smaller firms offer more autonomy but no more challenging work or better coworker relations…
Revolving Doors: Social Dimensions of Law Firm Culture and Pathways out of Firms
A growing body of research suggests that contemporary law firms face challenges with the retention of legal talent—especially women and racialized lawyers. Yet, we know little about the conditions that prompt lawyers to leave law firms or where they go after leaving. This article builds on the scholarship of John Hagan, emphasizing the role of social capital in law firm culture, and work by Emmanuel Lazega, tracing dimensions of law firm collegia…
Is More Truly Merrier: Mentoring and the Practice of Law
Cet article examine deux questions sur le mentorat. D'abord, qui est le plus susceptible de bénéficier de services de mentorat au cours de sa carrière? Ensuite, comment le mentorat influence‐t‐il les carrières des professionnels? En utilisant une enquête longitudinale sur des avocats, les auteures évaluent l'incidence des postes et des aspirations en début de carrière sur les chances de bénéficier de services de mentorat. Elles mesurent les bénéf…
Professional monopolies and divisive practices in law: ‘Les femmes juridiques’ in civil law, Canada
This paper examines women’s entry and advancement within Québec’s, civil law tradition of a dual system of notaires and avocats in law practice. The two arms of the profession have developed along exclusive legal jurisdictions codified through law, contrasting professional structures, and different styles of legal practice. Yet, they share a common foundation through law school and professional training and their respective practices of law occas…
Cultural Capital, Gender, and the Structural Transformation of Legal Practice
In this article we clarify and modify Marxian and postindustrial predictions about the structural transformation of the legal profession, especially as they relate to gender differences in the law firm. In doing so, we utilize the concept of cultural capital and highlight the changing gender stratification of legal practice. We find that there is a growing centralization and concentration of cultural capital in law firms, so that both men and wom…
Social capital, violations of trust and the vulnerability of isolates: The social organization of law practice and professional self-regulation
The Persistent Glass Ceiling: Gendered Inequalities in the Earnings of Lawyers
La profession juridique entreprend une transformation structurelle avec une croissance prononcee au sein des entreprises des grands secteurs vitaux de l'economie. Cette restructuration vers des professions plus hautement stratifiees coincide avec l'afflux d'un grand nombre de femmes. Cet article examine l'intersection entre l'organisation du travail et la repartition des sexes dans la segmentation de la profession et ses consequences en termes de…
Gender in Practice, A Study of Lawyers' Lives
Gender in Practice: A Study of Lawyers' Lives
Flight from Law: A Competing Risks Model of Departures from Law Firms
Building on job satisfaction, occupational segregation, and life course literatures, I analyze temporal dimensions of career mobility within the legal profession with a sample of Canadian lawyers. I use a continuous-time stochastic model of the underlying processes of movement across work settings to examine factors accounting for gender differences in career paths. The findings suggest that women's integration into the legal profession remains m…
Raising the Bar: The Gender Stratification of Law-Firm Capital
Controversy surrounds the selection of women and men for partnerships in law firms. Two structural theories explain the greater success of men in achieving partnership. Human capital theory emphasizes investment choices and productivity; gender stratification theory highlights institutional constraints and bias. The authors incorporate Pierre Bourdieu's cultural capital perspective, which emphasizes both tangible structural sources of social capi…
Early Transition Stages and Heterogeneity in Criminal Careers among Young Offenders
Dans cet article, nous examinons différents modèles de rapports avec les forces policières parmi des sous‐populations hétérogènes de jeunes, dans les premiers stades de transition de leur carrière criminelle. Nous croyons que la recherche axée sur l'hétérogénéité et sur les premiers stades de la transition vers la criminalité peut nous renseigner sur les éléments de la dynamique comportementale ‐ jusqu'ici ignorés ‐ dans l'étude de l'apparition d…
Cultivating Clients in the Competition for Partnership: Gender and the Organizational Restructuring of Law Firms in the 1990s
In recent years, the legal profession has undergone significant organizational restructuring with the dramatic growth of firms and a rapid increase in the number of female lawyers. We argue that big firms actively recruited female lawyers during a period when women were needed to fill roles of cultivating and serving increasing numbers of institutional or corporate clients. Yet despite women's contribution of legal talent to the development of cl…
Barriers to Gender Equality in the Canadian Legal Establishment
Building Trust: Social Capital, Distributive Justice, and Loyalty to the Firm
Trust is essential to successful business relations, particularly to the efficient operation of law firms. Trust fosters productive working relationships, favorable reputations, and a lucrative clientele. This paper contributes to research on law firm development through a consideration of social dynamics within law firms beyond traditional emphases on trading relationships and community solidarity. We introduce a social capital perspective on th…
Building Trust: Social Capital, Distributive Justice, and Loyalty to the Firm
Trust is essential to successful business relations, particularly to the efficient operation of law firms. Trust fosters productive working relationships, favorable reputations, and a lucrative clientele. This paper contributes to research on law firm development through a consideration of social dynamics within law firms beyond traditional emphases on trading relationships and community solidarity. We introduce a social capital perspective on th…
Self-control, risky lifestyles, and situation: The role of opportunity and context in the general theory
Even Lawyers Get the Blues: Gender, Depression, and Job Satisfaction in Legal Practice
It is an intriguing puzzle that women lawyers, despite less desirable working conditions and blocked career advancement, report similar satisfaction as men lawyers with their legal careers. The paradoxical work satisfaction reported by women and men lawyers obscures a more notable difference in their depressed or despondent feelings. Using a panel study of women and men lawyers practicing in Toronto since the mid-1980s, we find at least three cau…
Professional monopolies and divisive practices in law: ‘Les femmes juridiques’ in civil law, Canada
This paper examines women’s entry and advancement within Québec’s, civil law tradition of a dual system of notaires and avocats in law practice. The two arms of the profession have developed along exclusive legal jurisdictions codified through law, contrasting professional structures, and different styles of legal practice. Yet, they share a common foundation through law school and professional training and their respective practices of law occas…
Women in the Legal Profession
In recent years, the legal profession has undergone significant change, with rapidly rising numbers of women among its membership. Scholars of legal history, sociology, economics, organizational behavior, and law have examined various dimensions of the feminization of the legal profession. This review traces the parameters of integration and inequality in the careers of women and men in the contemporary legal profession. We document and assess th…
The professionalism of practising law: A comparison across work contexts
Traditionally, the literature assumed that solo practitice best exemplifies the ideal professional work arrangement and that when professionals become salaried employees their professionalism is seriously threatened. The primary goal of this paper is to examine lawyers' sense of professionalism across two work contexts: solo practitioner offices and law firm settings. We also examine status distinctions within law firms, between associates and pa…
Principals in Practice: The Importance of Mentorship in the Early Stages of Career Development
In this article we empirically assess the benefits of mentorship across a diverse range of extrinsic and intrinsic career rewards. Using an integrated model, we investigate the ways in which characteristics of the organization, as well as characteristics of both protégés and mentors affect the outcomes of mentoring relationships. Our study includes two samples: new law school graduates and a more seasoned cohort of established lawyers. Our result…
Intraprofessional Competition and Earnings Inequalities Across a Professional Chasm: The Case of the Legal Profession in Québec, Canada
Intraprofessional rivalry has a long history. This article examines earnings disparities as a dimension of intraprofessional competition amongavocatsandnotairesin the civil law system of Québec, Canada. Drawing on two large-scale surveys and in-depth interviews with legal professionals, I examine three competing perspectives of earnings inequalities: human capital, social-symbolic capital, and organizational-structural explanations. Through this …
Are Small Firms More Beautiful or Is Bigger Better? A Study of Compensating Differentials and Law Firm Internal Labor Markets
Research on the size–job rewards relationship emphasizes extrinsic rewards that are typically more prevalent in large, complex organizations. We examine whether certain intrinsic rewards are more characteristic of small firms and shift the focus from manufacturing industries to professional service (law) firms. We find that small is not entirely beautiful. Smaller firms offer more autonomy but no more challenging work or better coworker relations…
Mentors as Social Capital: Gender, Mentors, and Career Rewards in Law Practice
Previous studies have demonstrated that mentoring provides numerous career benefits to individuals and organizations. This article advances past work by examining the effects of individuals' primary and multiple developmental relationships in a longitudinal study of the careers of lawyers. We develop a social capital perspective on mentorship emphasizing reciprocity of exchange, resource mobilization, and normative expectations embedded within me…
Is More Truly Merrier: Mentoring and the Practice of Law
Cet article examine deux questions sur le mentorat. D'abord, qui est le plus susceptible de bénéficier de services de mentorat au cours de sa carrière? Ensuite, comment le mentorat influence‐t‐il les carrières des professionnels? En utilisant une enquête longitudinale sur des avocats, les auteures évaluent l'incidence des postes et des aspirations en début de carrière sur les chances de bénéficier de services de mentorat. Elles mesurent les bénéf…
The Masculine Mystique: Living Large from Law School to Later Life
The careers of male lawyers are radically altered by their experiences in the formation of families. These understudied male experiences fuel income differences, creating a highly hierarchical profession focused around a male mystique of “living large.” This study traces these processes across a 20-year longitudinal study of Toronto lawyers. We argue that time with corporate clients is a very specialized investment that is rewarded with partnersh…
Tamara Relis. Perceptions in Litigation and Mediation: Lawyers, Defendants, Plaintiffs and Gendered Parties
T amara Relis has crafted a profoundly astute book addressing the cen- tral question: How do professional and lay actors understand and experience litigated case processing leading up to and including mediation in legal disputes?Her book offers a wealth of empirical insight to current debates on styles of law practice, formal justice versus informalism, motivations underlying why plaintiffs sue, and dispute transformation debates.Her study also i…
Tokenism, Organizational Segregation, and Coworker Relations in Law Firms
Journal Article Tokenism, Organizational Segregation, and Coworker Relations in Law Firms Get access Jean E. Wallace, Jean E. Wallace Direct correspondence to: Jean E. Wallace, Department of Sociology, The University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4; E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Fiona M. Kay Fiona M. Kay Search for other works by …
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