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Wallace, Jean E.; Young, Marisa C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
We examine how the presence of children is related to women's and men's productivity. We hypothesize family demands, family resources, and family-friendly workplaces are also related to productivity. Productivity for 670 Alberta law firm lawyers is analyzed using a standardized measure of productivity referred to as billable hours. The results…
Descriptors: Mothers, Children, Foreign Countries, Lawyers
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Wallace, Jean E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2001
A study of 512 Canadian lawyers included 231 women (66% had mentors). Mentors influenced women's success in terms of earnings, promotions, procedural justice, social integration, and career satisfaction. Females with male mentors earned significantly more; females with male mentors had more satisfaction, less work-nonwork conflict, and more…
Descriptors: Career Development, Family Work Relationship, Females, Foreign Countries
Wallace, Jean E. – 2002
Lawyers' work, home, and family demands and their strategies for coping with those demands were examined through telephone interviews with practicing lawyers from Calgary, Alberta. Of the 121 lawyers interviewed, 56 were men and 44 were women who worked full-time and 21 were women who worked part-time. Sixty-seven percent of them were associates…
Descriptors: Coping, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices