TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotional Labor Among Paralegals
AU - Pierce, Jennifer L.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Despite the invisibility of emotional labor among paralegals, this dimension of work has significant consequences for the reproduction of the labor process in the large bureaucratic firm and for the psychological well-being of paralegals. These legal workers function to support and maintain the emotional stability of the lawyers for whom they work through deferential treatment and caretaking. By affirming the status of lawyers, paralegals also reproduce gender relations in the law firm. Most attorneys who receive caretaking and support are men, and the majority of the legal assistants who provide these emotional services are women. In this way, the emotional labor required of paralegals serves to reproduce the sex-segregated structure of law firms.
AB - Despite the invisibility of emotional labor among paralegals, this dimension of work has significant consequences for the reproduction of the labor process in the large bureaucratic firm and for the psychological well-being of paralegals. These legal workers function to support and maintain the emotional stability of the lawyers for whom they work through deferential treatment and caretaking. By affirming the status of lawyers, paralegals also reproduce gender relations in the law firm. Most attorneys who receive caretaking and support are men, and the majority of the legal assistants who provide these emotional services are women. In this way, the emotional labor required of paralegals serves to reproduce the sex-segregated structure of law firms.
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U2 - 10.1177/000271629956100109
DO - 10.1177/000271629956100109
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0009857423
VL - 561
SP - 127
EP - 142
JO - Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
JF - Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
IS - 1
ER -