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dc.contributor.authorPringle, JK
dc.contributor.authorHarris, C
dc.contributor.authorRavenswood, K
dc.contributor.authorGiddings, L
dc.contributor.authorRyan, I
dc.contributor.authorJaeger, S
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-19T12:30:46Z
dc.date.available2018-11-19T12:30:46Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0968-6673
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/gwao.12180
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/373484
dc.description.abstractLaw continues to be an attractive career path for women. Yet evidence shows that women's careers in law stagnate with proportionally small numbers of women progressing up the hierarchy from law graduate to partner. In this study we investigated how gendering and class processes impact on women's career progression. A major contribution is that we explored the heterogeneous views held by women below and above the partnership line, in Auckland's top law firms. Drawing on Acker's gendering processes (1990, 2006a) plus the accumulation of appropriate capitals needed to progress, we analysed 52 interview accounts. The women lawyers themselves were divided on how gendering and class processes impact on their career progression. Women partners accepted the hierarchical employment model of law and were confident in their role and place. Women below the partner line, while frustrated by the personal and professional requirements for success, did not demonstrate agency for change. In concluding, we reflect on the potential for change in the profession.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom435
dc.relation.ispartofpageto449
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalGender, Work & Organization
dc.relation.ispartofvolume24
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLegal systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw in context
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther human society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4805
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4804
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4499
dc.titleWomen's career progression in law firms: views from the top, views from below
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Dept of Employment Relations and Human Resources
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPringle, Judith


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