Practising lawyers in Nova Scotia: cognitive style and preferences for practice

Murphy, H. Joseph; Doucette, Pauline A.; Kelleher, William E.; MacGillivary, Ann C.; Reid, John G., 1948-; Young, Jeffery D.

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dc.creator	Murphy, H. Joseph
dc.creator	Doucette, Pauline A.
dc.creator	Kelleher, William E.
dc.creator	MacGillivary, Ann C.
dc.creator	Reid, John G., 1948-
dc.creator	Young, Jeffery D.
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-14T18:05:09Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-14T18:05:09Z
dc.date.issued	1999
dc.identifier.uri	http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/25777
dc.description.abstract	The Cognitive Style Index and a demographic survey were administered to 524 practising lawyers in Nova Scotia. Results indicate that lawyers, as a group, have a more analytical than intuitive cognitive style. Differences between men and women and between partners and associates were nonsignificant statistically. This finding suggests lawyers are a more homogeneous group in terms of cognitive style than other groups such as law students and various groups of business managers. However, lawyers differed significantly in cognitive style across various preferred areas of practice. For example, those preferring criminal law scored statistically significantly lower on the Cognitive Style Index than those who preferred Real Estate and Construction law. Organizational behavior implications are discussed.	en_CA
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dc.format.extent	22 p.
dc.language.iso	en	en_CA
dc.publisher	Atlantic Schools of Business	en_CA
dc.subject.lcsh	Lawyers -- Nova Scotia
dc.subject.lcsh	Cognitive styles
dc.title	Practising lawyers in Nova Scotia: cognitive style and preferences for practice	en_CA
dc.type	Text	en_CA
dcterms.bibliographicCitation	Proceedings of the 29th Atlantic Schools of Business Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia,1999