Woman lawyer: areas of strain in the professional career, 1979-1981

(i) To illuminate the difficulties and strains involved and the accommodations made when women embark on careers in a male-dominated profession. (ii) To identify the factors which enable women to perform the professional role successfully in a male-dominated profession. (iii) To identify the special...

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Autor principal: Spencer, Anne (Autor)
Otros Autores: Podmore, David
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Research Data
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Colchester UK Data Service 1982
En:Año: 1982
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Palabras clave:
Age
appointment to job
Attitudes
barristers
Career Development
Children
domestic services
employment history
equality between the sexes
Fathers
Higher Education
hours of work
Households
housework
law education
Lawyers
legal procedure
leisure time activities
Marital Status
Marriage
Married women
Membership
occupational choice
Occupations
place of birth
professional associations
qualifications
school leave age
secondary education
Secondary schools
solicitors
Specialization
stress (psychological)
subsidiary employment
Women
working mothers
workplace relations
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Sumario:(i) To illuminate the difficulties and strains involved and the accommodations made when women embark on careers in a male-dominated profession. (ii) To identify the factors which enable women to perform the professional role successfully in a male-dominated profession. (iii) To identify the specialities in which women barristers and solicitors work, together with other features of their professional practice; also to ascertain the extent to which the practice of women lawyers differs from that of men. (iv) To suggest ways in which female participation may be facilitated in other male-dominated professions.
DOI:10.5255/UKDA-SN-1772-1