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Empson, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-8715-287X (2019). How to lead your fellow rainmakers: Collectively, dynamically- and very carefully. Harvard Business Review, March, pp. 114-123.

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Empson, L. (2017). Elite interviewing in professional organizations. Journal of Professions and Organization, doi: 10.1093/jpo/jox010

Lupu, I., Spence, C. and Empson, L. (2017). When the past comes back to haunt you: the enduring influence of upbringing on the work-family balance decisions of professional parents. Human Relations, doi: 10.1177/0018726717708247

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Ashley, L. and Empson, L. (2016). Understanding social exclusion in elite professional service firms: field level dynamics and the 'professional project. Work, Employment & Society, 31(2), pp. 211-229. doi: 10.1177/0950017015621480

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Empson, L. (2013). My Affair With the "Other": Identity Journeys Across the Research-Practice Divide. Journal of Management Inquiry, 22(2), pp. 229-248. doi: 10.1177/1056492612446068

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Empson, L. (2017). My liminal life: Perpetual journeys across the research-practice divide. In: Bartunek, J. and McKenzie, J. (Eds.), Academic–Practitioner Relationships: Developments, Complexities and Opportunities. (pp. 200-216). UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138100695

Empson, L. (2015). Leadership, Power, and Politics in Law Firms. In: Normand-Hochman, R. and Gardner, H. (Eds.), Leadership for Lawyers. (pp. 89-102). Globe Law and Business in association with the International Bar Association. ISBN 9781909416789

Empson, L. and Langley, A. (2015). Leadership and Professionals: Multiple Manifestations of Influence in Professional Service Firms. In: Empson, L., Muzio, D., Broschak, J. and Hinings, B. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Professional Service Firms. (pp. 163-188). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199682393

Empson, L. (2012). Beyond dichotomies: A multi-stage model of governance in professional service firms. In: Reihlen, M. and Werr, A. (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Professional Services. (pp. 274-294). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781848446267

Empson, L. (2007). Your partnership - Surviving and thriving in a changing world: the special nature of partnership. In: Empson, L. (Ed.), Managing the Modern Law Firm. (pp. 10-36). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199296743