The scales of success : constructions of life-career success of eminent men and women lawyers /
What constitutes a successful life? How do middle-aged men and women who are at the pinnacle of their profession conceptualise success? Do such men and women differ markedly in their conceptions of what constitutes success? Sheelagh O'Donovan-Polten provides an unprecedented window into the mos...
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Toronto, Ont. :
University of Toronto Press,
©2001.
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Table of Contents:
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- PART ONE: THE INQUIRY: ITS PURPOSE AND PROCESS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Inquiry Process
- PART TWO: THE CASE PROFILES
- 3. Case Descriptions of the Male Lawyers
- 4. Case Descriptions of the Female Lawyers
- PART THREE: RECURRING THEMES
- 5. The Scales of Success: Themes Common to the Men and Women
- 6. The Scales of Success: Gender-Linked Themes
- PART FOUR: CONCLUDING PROPOSITIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
- 7. Re-visioning Life-Career Success
- Appendices
- References
- Index
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