Abstract
This article explores the work and career of law firm partners in the context of a financialised organisational regime, highlighting the effects of performance measures and metrics on the ways partners see themselves and their careers. The empirical analysis reveals a sense of fear and anxiety as partners experience the scrutiny and pressure of financialised performance management. Furthermore, it reveals partners face contradictory demands as they are pushed to meet financial and ‘citizen’ objectives within the firm. The result is a career as a ‘project of the self’ that relies on various protection strategies and which results in professionals captured by ‘financialization’ and unable to assimilate its demands in ways that protect traditional professional values.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 112-130 |
Number of pages | 29 |
Journal | Work, Employment & Society |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 24 Sept 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2019 |
Bibliographical note
This work was supported by a PhD studentship provided to Scott Allan by the UK Economic and Social Research Council.Keywords
- career
- financialization
- professional services firm
- professions
- Career
- ORGANIZATION
- TRANSFORMATION
- CAREER
- IDENTITY WORK
- SELVES
- SHAREHOLDER VALUE
- LABOR