Accommodation and Satisfaction: Women and Men Lawyers and the Balance of Work and Family
This study of graduates of the University of Michigan Law School from the late 1970s reports on the differing ways that women and men have responded to the conflicting claims of work and family. It finds that women with children who have entered the profession have indeed continued to bear the princ...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Law & social inquiry 1989-04, Vol.14 (2), p.251-287 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This study of graduates of the University of Michigan Law School from the late 1970s reports on the differing ways that women and men have responded to the conflicting claims of work and family. It finds that women with children who have entered the profession have indeed continued to bear the principal responsibilities for the care of children, but it also finds that these women, with all their burdens, are more satisfied with their careers and with the balance of their family and professional lives than other women and than men. |
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ISSN: | 0897-6546 1747-4469 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1747-4469.1989.tb00062.x |