LEADER 05377nam 2200757 450 001 9910456307503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99601-7 010 $a9786611996017 010 $a1-4426-8229-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442682290 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001797 035 $a(EBL)3255040 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000308919 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234411 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308919 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10258472 035 $a(PQKB)11142099 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00602047 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255040 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672155 035 $a(DE-B1597)465033 035 $a(OCoLC)1013940954 035 $a(OCoLC)944177353 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442682290 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672155 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257835 035 $a(OCoLC)958565487 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001797 100 $a20160914h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe scales of success $econstructions of life-career success of eminent men and women lawyers /$fSheelagh O'Donovan-Polten 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-8392-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tFigures and Tables -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPart One. The Inquiry: Its Purpose and Process -- $tChapter 1. Introduction -- $tChapter 2. The Inquiry Process -- $tPart Two. The Case Profiles -- $tChapter 3. Case Descriptions of the Male Lawyers -- $tChapter 4. Case Descriptions of the Female Lawyers -- $tPart Three. Recurring Themes -- $tChapter 5. The Scales of Success: Themes Common to the Men and Women -- $tChapter 6. The Scales of Success: Gender-Linked Themes -- $tPart Four. Concluding Propositions and Implications -- $tChapter 7. Re-visioning Life-Career Success -- $tAppendices -- $tAPPENDIX A. Interview Agreement Form -- $tAPPENDIX B. The Kegan-Style Interview Protocol -- $tAPPENDIX C. Letter Accompanying Preliminary Profile -- $tAPPENDIX D. Profile Review Interview -- $tAPPENDIX E. Letter Accompanying Final Profile -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aWhat 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 most private thinking about success of four male and four female middle-aged lawyers, each of whom is widely recognised to be at the apex of the legal profession in Canada. Using a phenomenological mode of inquiry, she compiles a comprehensive profile of each lawyer's unique construction of success and, through inductive analysis, arrives at a composite rendition of life-career success during middle adulthood. Extending the lines of inquiry of Robert Kegan and Carol Gilligan and incorporating insights of several other adult development and career development theorists, she arrays fourteen core attributes of life-career success within the framework of a metaphorical scales. This sophisticated model of life-career success enables O'Donovan-Polten to explore the relationship between the evolution of the self during middle adulthood and middle-aged persons' conceptualisations of what constitutes success. Having developed a detailed context within which the gender factor is isolated for close scrutiny, she provides evidence of continued institutionalised discrimination inherent in the very language and processes of law. Rather than ending up with attributes identified predominantly with one gender or the other, she manages to illustrate the complexities of gender identity in relation to significant values and constructions of the self and of success. Ultimately, success is shown to be a context-dependent, multifaceted, paradoxical and ever-evolving concept. The Scales of Success will have a great deal of appeal to professionals working in the areas of developmental psychology, vocational psychology, career development, human resource development, adult education, and related areas. 606 $aLawyers$zOntario$zToronto Region$xPsychology$vCase studies 606 $aCareer development$xPsychological aspects 606 $aSuccess$xPsychological aspects 606 $aSelf-actualization (Psychology) in middle age 606 $aMiddle-aged persons$xPsychology 606 $aSuccessful people$xPsychology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLawyers$xPsychology 615 0$aCareer development$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aSuccess$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aSelf-actualization (Psychology) in middle age. 615 0$aMiddle-aged persons$xPsychology. 615 0$aSuccessful people$xPsychology. 676 $a340.19 700 $aO'Donovan-Polten$b Sheelagh$f1947-$01049747 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456307503321 996 $aThe scales of success$92479014 997 $aUNINA