Sources of Occupational Pressure among Lawyers and Legal Professionals
Sources of Occupational Pressure among Lawyers and Legal Professionals

Summary/Abstract: Current paper focuses the occupational stress in legal industry. Two similar empirical studies were carried out in 2006 and 20012. A web-based survey of occupational stress was conducted by employing an international questionnaire Occupational Stress Inventory (OSI-2). Some important trends in the Estonian lawyers’ occupational stress were found. Thee basic sources of occupational pressure in lawyers and legal professionals were identified. Most relevant sources of occupational pressure among lawyers and legal professional were home and work imbalance, managerial roles, and insuficient recognition, managerial roles, and hassles. We found that the relationship between job satisfaction and sources of occupational pressure was negative and signi ficantly valid among five pressures of lawyers and legal professionals. Majority of lawyers and legal professional were adapted problem solving oriented coping strategy. therefore, the social support from peer, friend, family member etc. was also widely used coping strategy by lawyers and legal professionals. Our Findings well demonstrate that awareness of occupational stress in law industry has been raised.

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