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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Jingqi Zhu, Dr Yang Zhao
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This article examines the production of corporate legal elite through a systematic analysis of the profiles of the first three cohorts of partners in nine elite corporate law firms in Beijing. We argue that the social production of the Chinese corporate legal elite is primarily an outcome of domestic social factors rather than international factors. It is characterized by local elite recruitment from elite universities and endogenous elite circulation within the Red Circle firms. International credentials and work experience come only secondary to education and work experience in elite Chinese law schools and law firms for achieving elite status in the profession. Yet, international experience plays a role in promoting gender equality in elite professional service firms. This article contributes to the study of globalization and elite production in professional service firms by investigating how local and global forces manifest themselves in elite production in a major emerging market.
Author(s): Zhu J, Zhao Y, Liu S
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Professions and Organization
Year: 2020
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Pages: 87-100
Online publication date: 17/03/2020
Acceptance date: 29/01/2020
Date deposited: 01/04/2020
ISSN (print): 2051-8803
ISSN (electronic): 2051-8811
Publisher: Oxford University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpo/joaa006
DOI: 10.1093/jpo/joaa006
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