Table 1.
Perceived employer value items and participant response frequency to the question, “What do you feel your employer values most about you?”.
| Individual | ||
|---|---|---|
| N | % | |
| Professionalism/Individual Items | ||
| “My overall talent and skill as a lawyer” | 566 | 28.9% |
| “Everything, they value my inherent worth as a human being” | 470 | 24.0% |
| “My leadership abilities” | 65 | 3.3% |
| “My professionalism and ethics” | 48 | 2.5% |
| “My interpersonal or communication skills” | 37 | 1.9% |
| “My intellectual and academic contributions to the profession” | 35 | 1.8% |
| Total N | 1222 | 62.4% |
| Financial Worth/Availability Items | ||
| “My productivity or the hours I bill” | 361 | 18.4% |
| “My responsiveness and availability” | 130 | 6.6% |
| “My ability to generate business” | 48 | 2.5% |
| Total N | 539 | 27.5% |
| No Value/No Feedback Items | ||
| “I don’t know—I get very little feedback” | 132 | 6.7% |
| “Not much—my employer does not make me feel valued” | 66 | 3.4% |
| Total N | 198 | 10.1% |