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Applying the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach for Lawyer Selection from Law Firms’ Perspective in China

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  • Chin-Tsai Lin

    (Department of Business Administration, Ming Chuan University, Taipei City 111, Taiwan)

  • Ching-Chiang Yeh

    (Department of Business Administration, National Taipei University of Business, Taipei City 10051, Taiwan)

  • Fan Ye

    (Department of Business Administration, Ming Chuan University, Taipei City 111, Taiwan
    Hongxiang Holding Group, Ziwei building, 267 Haining Avenue, Haizhou street, Haining 314400, China)

Abstract

This study proposes a novel evaluation model for lawyer selection incorporating the lawyer’s backbone leadership attitude employing the hybrid multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach. In the proposed approach, the lawyer’s backbone leadership attitude is employed as an evaluation factor in the evaluation model for lawyer selection from law firms’ perspective. In this paper, a hybrid approach based on the Delphi technique and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is proposed to manage qualitative and quantitative criteria for selecting the best alternative lawyer for law firms in China. Finally, a law firm in China is carried out to verify the feasibility of the proposed approach. Based on the result, the backbone leadership does provide valuable information in the evaluation model for lawyer selection. The results also revealed that the proposed approach would help law firms and human resource managers to understand and develop strategies to hire a lawyer.

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  • Chin-Tsai Lin & Ching-Chiang Yeh & Fan Ye, 2020. "Applying the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach for Lawyer Selection from Law Firms’ Perspective in China," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 8(8), pages 1-15, August.
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