Psycholawlogy
Am I delusional? After reading a review of the current research about self-knowledge, that far-fetched question may seem appropriate for many of us. That may seem harsh, but lack of information and motivational biases obstruct our ability to truly know ourselves. While science has long been interested in introspection as a route to [...]
Emotionally intelligent lawyers know that wanting to feel bad, mad, or angry may serve a useful purpose. Emotion regulation can help you achieve important goals. New research has explored the link between emotion regulation and emotional intelligence (EI). People with higher EI harness their emotions, even negative ones, manage them better, and achieve [...]
This post begins a new series on Psycholawlogy about understanding organizations. A team of leading organization science scholars has developed a very useful model to understand the ambiguity and complexity of and influence the behavior of organizations. The Four Frame Model of Bolman and Deal (2003) can help those interested to better understand [...]
People who bill their time in the form of an hourly wage, i.e. “billable hour”, develop a “money mindset”. Instead of focusing on time, which activates a more emotional mindset, the money mindset focuses on the goal of maximizing the economic value of time. Persons with mindsets oriented toward time, compared to the [...]
Tick – tock. The “billable hour” determines so much in the lives of many professionals, including lawyers. Many have to “keep time”. Time keeping accounts for how many lawyers spend their time doing their work, factors into how much their clients get charged, directly impacts how most large law firms generate income, and [...]
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