SOC 4030 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 10 Article: Parental Leave, Billable Hours, Survival Analysis
25 Dec 2017
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Leaving private practice: how organizational context, time pressures, and. Structural inflexibilities shape departures from private law practice: In a study based on in-depth interviews with 100 attorneys in the denver metropolitan area, nancy. Reichman and joyce wallace sterling argue that: women"s choices" reflect their ability to accumulate professional assets balanced against the pull of family. Women described their disappointing experiences with work assignments, lack of recognition of their abilities, and problems they experience while trying to find an influential mentor. In contrast, when the economy is prosperous, there may be a high tendency for people to hop among different organizations for career advancement. In our analysis, we nest regression models to examine the utility of various explanations for gender differences in leaving private practice. 20(2):1223-1260: furthermore, satisfaction with collegiality in the workplace does not ensure that lawyers will stay in private practice, counter to hypothesis 1c satisfaction with collegiality increases the risk of leaving private practice.
