Psychological contract and internship in law [Contrato psicológico e estágio profissional em advocacia]

• Type: Article in National Scientific Journal
• Date: 2016

Authors

Sofia Cruz (Author) FEP; Fernandes, S (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas

No. 80

Pages: 31-17

ISSN: 0873-6529

Publisher: Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa

Indexing

Scopus - 2 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00K-2C8

DOI: 10.7458/spp2016803553

Abstract (EN): Psychological contracts are an issue that has come to be widely discussed in the social and business sciences in recent decades. The present article mobilises the concept to study internships at law firms, thereby employing the concept in an area in which it had not yet been used and simultaneously helping to solidify and make it more operable. Semi-structured interviews of legal interns revealed that psychological contracts formed part of their professional relationships with their bosses. The author discusses the specific formats these transactional and balanced psychological contracts take in internships in the legal field in Portugal.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific