BUS 733, Spring 2010 1 C. Rider BUS 733: Organizational Theory Goizueta Business School Emory University Spring 2010 Chris Rider Assistant Professor of Organization & Management GBS 557 [email protected]Class Meeting Times : Tuesday @ 9:30am-12:30pm in W523 Office Hours : by appointment OVERVIEW This course is a research seminar in organizational theory. The course objective is to introduce students to the sociological study of organizations, with a particular emphasis on market-based settings. Readings will be drawn primarily from sociology but will also draw from other disciplinary journals. To appreciate the objectives and contributions of organizational research one must develop familiarity with how organizational theory – and its various constituent theories and paradigms – evolved over time. Therefore, we will read and discuss both classic and contemporary work on organizations, their individual members, and the markets in which organizations participate. Seminar discussions will focus on core theoretical propositions, logical reasoning, research design, standards of evidence, and the interpretation of empirical analyses. Students will develop an understanding of how organization theory developed as a series of scholarly responses to previous organizational research and an appreciation for how the problems that interested early organizational scholars continue to challenge present-day researchers. Much like the field itself, the course will increasingly focus on empirical research (both qualitative and quantitative) over time. Students should complete the course with an understanding of how to identify empirical settings and formulate research designs that lead to credible inferences about organizational theories. FORMAT Because this is a seminar course, there will be no lectures and each session will focus on discussion of assigned readings. Students will read all required readings prior to class so that our discussion may focus on the main ideas of readings and a critical evaluation of their contributions to organization theory. I will occasionally assign individuals specific responsibilities for leading our in- class discussion of certain articles or topics.
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BUS 733, Spring 2010 1 C. Rider
BUS 733: Organizational Theory
Goizueta Business School Emory University
Spring 2010
Chris Rider Assistant Professor of Organization & Management GBS 557 [email protected] Class Meeting Times: Tuesday @ 9:30am-12:30pm in W523 Office Hours: by appointment
OVERVIEW
This course is a research seminar in organizational theory. The course objective is to introduce students to the sociological study of organizations, with a particular emphasis on market-based settings. Readings will be drawn primarily from sociology but will also draw from other disciplinary journals. To appreciate the objectives and contributions of organizational research one must develop familiarity with how organizational theory – and its various constituent theories and paradigms – evolved over time. Therefore, we will read and discuss both classic and contemporary work on organizations, their individual members, and the markets in which organizations participate. Seminar discussions will focus on core theoretical propositions, logical reasoning, research design, standards of evidence, and the interpretation of empirical analyses. Students will develop an understanding of how organization theory developed as a series of scholarly responses to previous organizational research and an appreciation for how the problems that interested early organizational scholars continue to challenge present-day researchers. Much like the field itself, the course will increasingly focus on empirical research (both qualitative and quantitative) over time. Students should complete the course with an understanding of how to identify empirical settings and formulate research designs that lead to credible inferences about organizational theories. FORMAT
Because this is a seminar course, there will be no lectures and each session will focus on discussion of assigned readings. Students will read all required readings prior to class so that our discussion may focus on the main ideas of readings and a critical evaluation of their contributions to organization theory. I will occasionally assign individuals specific responsibilities for leading our in-class discussion of certain articles or topics.
Students will be expected to attend and participate in each session by reading all assigned materials and actively engaging in our discussions. In addition, graded assignments will require students to develop theoretical arguments and research designs for testing those arguments in the form of two short (3-5 pages) research idea papers. The goal is to identify research ideas that, with refinement and substantial effort, may one day become research papers, dissertation chapters, and, hopefully, published articles. Consistent with this goal, the final assignment for this course will be a paper that (i) develops a theoretical argument with testable hypotheses, (ii) identifies a setting in which those arguments may be tested, and (iii) outlines a research design that is likely to produce credible inferences related to the theory. This paper may be thought of as the first half of a journal article (i.e., 20-30 pages in length and covering all but empirical analyses and results).
GRADES
30% class participation 30% research idea papers (2 @ 15% each) 40% final paper
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Research idea papers (2)
The first paper is due on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 and the second is due on Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Papers should be 3 to 5 pages in length.
These papers should specify a research question that is motivated by identification of a gap in the existing organizational literature and/or tension between prevailing theories. A brief theory should lead to at least one formal hypothesis that could be tested to “fill the gap” or “ease the tension.” A brief discussion of ways to test the hypothesis should also be included.
2. Final paper
All students must submit a 1-page description of the paper they intend to write by
Tuesday February 23, 2010. This document should specify a research question that is
motivated by organizational theory and situated in a relevant literature. It should also
be possible for a doctoral student to conduct an empirical study (qualitative or
quantitative) to test the theory and hypotheses the student expects to develop in the
final version of the paper. We will then schedule individual appointments to discuss.
This assignment may take two forms: (i) the front end of a research paper or
dissertation proposal or (ii) a full research paper with data and analyses. All papers
should contain a title page, introduction, a theory development section, formal
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hypotheses, a discussion of an appropriate setting for testing the hypotheses, and
references. The difference between (i) and (ii) is that (ii) will also include empirical
analyses section, results, and a concluding discussion section. I expect documents of
20 to 50 pages.
The final paper is due Monday, May 3, 2010.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Students are expected to read each assigned reading for every session. Readings marked with bullet points (•) below will receive primary emphasis in class discussions; readings marked with check marks () will also be discussed in class but their emphasis is secondary. All assigned readings should be read; primary readings should be read more thoroughly than secondary readings. Generally, primary readings cover the foundational theoretical basis for each session while secondary readings offer empirical examples or theoretical extensions of research in the area.
Session Date Topic
1 19-Jan-2010 Introduction
2 26-Jan-2010 Formal organization
3 2-Feb-2010 Informal organization
4 9-Feb-2010 Economic theories of organizations
5 16-Feb-2010 Resource dependence
6 23-Feb-2010 Ecology
7 2-Mar-2010 Institutional theory (idea paper #1 due )
-- 9-Mar-2010 Spring Break - No Meeting
8 16-Mar-2010 Embeddedness
9 23-Mar-2010 Power and influence
10 30-Mar-2010 Work and careers
11 6-Apr-2010 Labor markets
12 13-Apr-2010 Organizational misconduct (idea paper #2 due )
13 20-Apr-2010 Entrepreneurship
14 27-Apr-2010 Research design
more details on the pages that follow
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Foundations of Organizational Theory
Session 1: Introduction
Aldrich, Howard E. (1999). “Organizations: An overview.” Pp. 2-8 in Organizations Evolving.
Sage.
Fligstein, Neil (2003) “Organizations: Theoretical debates and the scope of organizational
theory.” In C. Calhoun, C. Rojek, and B. Turner (eds.), Handbook of International Sociology.
Scott, W. Richard (2004). “Reflections on a half-century of organizational sociology.” Annual
Review of Sociology, 30: 1-21.
Carroll, Glenn R. and Michael T. Hannan (2000). “Focus on industry: The organizational lens.”
Ch. 1, pp. 3-16 in Organizations in Industry: Strategy, Structure & Selection. Oxford University
Press.
Haveman, Heather (2000). “The future of organizational sociology: Forging ties among
paradigms.” Contemporary Sociology, 29: 476-86.
Session 2: Formal Organization
Weber, Max (1982). "Bureaucracy." Pp. 7-36 in O. Grusky and G. Miller (eds.), Complex
Organizations. Free Press.
Gouldner, Alvin (1954). "About the functions of bureaucratic rules." Ch. 9 in Patterns of
Industrial Bureaucracy. New York: Free Press.
Crozier, Michel (1964). “The bureaucratic system of organization.” Ch. 7 in The Bureaucratic
Phenomenon. University of Chicago Press.
Merton, Robert K. (1940). “Bureaucratic structure and personality.” Social Forces, 18: 560-68.
Lawrence, Paul R. and Jay W. Lorsch (1967). “Differentiation and integration in complex
Jonsson, Stefan, Henrich R. Greve and Takako Fujiwara-Greve (2009). “Lost without deserving:
Legitimacy loss in response to reported corporate deviance." Administrative Science Quarterly,
54: 195-228.
Rider, Christopher I., Giacomo Negro and Peter W. Roberts (2009). "Labor market implications
of prominent corporate failures: A status-based account." Working paper. Emory University.
Granovetter, Mark (2007). “The social construction of corruption”. Ch. 9 (pp. 152-72) in Victor
Nee and Richard Swedberg, (eds), On Capitalism. Stanford University Press.
Davis, Gerald F. (2009). “The rise and fall of finance and the end of the society of organizations.”
Academy of Management Perspectives, 23(3): 27-44.
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Session 13: Entrepreneurship
Stinchcombe, Arthur L. (1965). “Social structure and organizations.” Pp. 142-169 in Handbook of
Organizations, ed. by J.G. March. McGraw-Hill.
Freeman, J. H. (1986). “Entrepreneurs as organizational products: Semiconductor firms and
venture capital firms.” Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic
Growth, 1: 33-52.
Audia, Pino G. and Christopher I. Rider (2006). "Entrepreneurs as organizational products:
Revisited." The Psychology of Entrepreneurship. J.R. Baum, R.A. Baron and M. Frese (eds.).
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Thornton, Patricia H. (1999). “The sociology of entrepreneurship.” Annual Review of Sociology,
25: 19-46.
Sorenson, Olav, and Pino G. Audia (2000). “The social structure of entrepreneurial activity:
Geographic concentration of footwear production in the United States, 1940-1989.” American
Journal of Sociology, 106: 424-462.
Ruef, Martin, Howard E. Aldrich, and Nancy M. Carter (2003). “The structure of founding teams: Homophily, strong ties, and isolation among U.S. entrepreneurs.” American Sociological Review, 68: 195-222.
Carroll, Glenn R. and Olga M. Khessina. (2005). “The ecology of entrepreneurship.” Ch. 8 in S.A. Alvarez, R. Agarwal, and O. Sorenson (eds.), Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research: Disciplinary Perspectives. Springer.
Studying Organizations
Session 14: Appropriate Research Designs
Freeman, John H. (1978). “The unit of analysis in organizational research.” Ch. 13 (pp. 35-51) in
M. Meyer (ed.), Environments and Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Feld, Scott L. (1982). "Structural determinants of similarity among associates." American Sociological Review, 47: 797-801.
Manski, Charles F. (2000). “Economic analysis of social interactions.” Journal of Economic
Perspectives, 14: 115-136.
Mouw, T. (2006). “Estimating the causal effect of social capital: A review of recent research.”
Annual Review of Sociology, 32: 79-102.
Stuart, Toby E. (2007). “The formation of inter-organizational networks.” in The Missing Links:
Formation and Decay of Economic Networks, J. Rauch (ed). Russell Sage Foundation.
Sorenson, Olav and David M. Waguespack (2006). “Social structure and exchange: Self-confirming
dynamics in Hollywood.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 51, 560-89.
Sørensen, Jesper B. (2007). “Bureaucracy and entrepreneurship: Workplace effects on entrepreneurial entry.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 52: 387-412.
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AN *INCOMPLETE* LIST OF ADDITIONAL READINGS FOR ENTHUSIASTS
Organized Loosely By Topic and Alphabetically by Author
Sociology of Markets
Fligstein, N. and L. Dauter (2007). “The sociology of markets.” Annual Review of Sociology, 33: 105–28. Simon, Herbert A. (1991). “Organizations and markets.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 5: 25-44. White, Harrison C. (1981). “Where do markets come from?” American Journal of Sociology, 87: 517-547. Zuckerman, Ezra W. (2000).“Focusing the corporate product: Securities analysts and de-diversification.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 45: 591-619. Zuckerman, Ezra W. (2004). "Structural incoherence and stock market activity." American Sociological Review, 69: 405-432. Economic Theories of Organizations
Baker, Wayne E., Robert R. Faulkner, and Gene A. Fisher (1998). “Hazards of the market: The continuity and
dissolution of interorganizational market relationships.” American Sociological Review, 63: 147–177.
Fama, Eugene F. (1980). “Agency problems and the theory of the firm.” Journal of Political Economy, 88: 288-
307.
Gibbons, Robert (1998). “Incentives in organizations.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 12: 115–132.
Jensen, M. and W. Meckling (1976). “Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs, and ownership
structure.” Journal of Financial Economics, 3: 305-360.
Nickerson, J. A. and B. S. Silverman (2003). “Why firms want to organize efficiently and what keeps them
from doing so.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 48: 433-65.
Power & Influence
Fernandez, Roberto M. and Roger V. Gould. 1994. “A dilemma of state power: Brokerage and influence in the
national health policy dDomain.” American Journal of Sociology, 99: 1455-91.
Fligstein, N. D. (1987). "The intraorganizational power struggle: Rise of finance personnel to top leadership in
large corporations, 1919-1979." American Sociological Review, 52: 44-58.
Gould, R.V. (1989). "Power and social structure in community elites.” Social Forces, 68: 531-552. Mizruchi, Mark S. and Linda Brewster Stearns (2001). “Getting deals done: The use of social networks in bank
decision-making.” American Sociological Review, 66: 647-671.
Rao, Hayagreeva (1998). “Caveat emptor: The construction of non-profit consumer watchdog organizations.” American Journal of Sociology. Vol. 103. 912-961.
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Embeddedness & Networks
Baker, W. (1984). “The social structure of a national securities market.” American Journal of Sociology, 89:
775-811.
Barley, S. R. (1990). "The alignment of technology and structure through roles and networks." Administrative
Science Quarterly, 35: 61-103.
Blau, Peter M. (1960). “Structural effects.” American Sociological Review, 25: 178-193.
Breiger, Ronald L. (1974). “The duality of persons and groups.” Social Forces , 53: 181–190.
Burt, Ronald S. (2004). “Structural holes and good ideas.” American Journal of Sociology, 110: 349-99.
Cohen, L. H., A. Frazzini and C. J. Malloy (2008). "The small world of investing: Board connections and mutual
fund returns.” Journal of Political Economy, 116: 951-79.
Coleman, James (1988). “Social capital in the creation of human capital.” American Journal of Sociology , 94: S95-S120. Cook, K. S. and R. M. Emerson. (1978). “Power, equity and commitment in exchange networks.” American Sociological Review, 43: 721-39.
Davis, Gerald F. (1991). "Agents without principles? The spread of the poison pill through the intercorporate
Feld, Scott L. (1981). "The focused organization of social ties." American Journal of Sociology. 86: 1015-1035. Feld, Scott L. (1982). "Structural determinants of similarity among associates." American Sociological Review, 47: 797-801. Gould, R.V. and R.M. Fernandez (1989). “Structures of mediation: A formal approach to brokerage in transaction networks.” Sociological Methodology, 19: 89-126.
Kono, Cliff, Donald Palmer, Roger Friedland, and Matthew Zafonte (1998). “Lost in space: Understanding the geography of corporate interlocking directorates.” American Journal of Sociology, 103: 863-911. Levine, Solomon and P. E. White. 1961. "Exchange as a conceptual framework for the study of intraorganizational Relationships." Administrative Science Quarterly, 5: 538-601. Marsden, P.V. (1983). “Restricted access in networks and models of power.” American Journal of Sociology, 88: 686-717.
McPherson, J. Miller, Lynn Smith-Lovin, and James M. Cook (2001). “Birds of a feather: Homophily in social networks.” Annual Review of Sociology, 27: 415-444. Padgett, J. F. and C.K. Ansell (1993). “Robust action and the rise of the Medici, 1400-1434.” American Journal of Sociology, 98: 1259-1319.
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Podolny, J. (2001). “Networks as the pipes and prisms of the market.” American Journal of Sociology, 107: 33-60.
Portes, Alejandro (1998). “Social capital: Its origins and applications in modern sociology.” Annual Review of
Sociology, 24: 1-24.
Powell, Walter W., K. W. Koput, K. W., and L. Smith-Doerr (1996). “Interorganizational collaboration and the locus of learning in biotechnology.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 41: 116-145. Rao, Hayagreeva, Gerald F. Davis, and Andrew Ward (2000). “Embeddedness, social identity and mobility: Why firms leave the NASDAQ and join the New York Stock Exchange.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 45: 268-292. Reagans, Ray E. and Ezra W. Zuckerman. (2001). “Networks, diversity, and performance: The social capital of corporate R&D units.” Organization Science, 12: 502-517. Reagans, Ray E., Ezra W. Zuckerman, and Bill McEvily (2004). “How to make the team: Social networks vs. demography as criteria for designing effective projects in a contract R&D firm.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 49: 101-133. Rider, Christopher I. (2009). “Constraint on the control benefits of brokerage: A study of placement agents in
U.S. venture capital fundraising." Administrative Science Quarterly, 54: 575-601.
Romo, Frank P. and Michael Schwarz (1995). “The structural embeddedness of business decisions: The
migration of manufacturing plants in New York state, 1960 to 1985.” American Sociological Review, 60: 874-
907.
Status
Benjamin, B. and J. M. Podolny (1999). “Status, quality and social order in the California wine industry.”
Administrative Science Quarterly, 44.
Gould, Roger V. (2002). “The origins of status hierarchies: A formal theory and empirical test.” American
Journal of Sociology, 107: 1143-1178.
Higgins, M. and R. Gulati (2003). "Getting off to a good start: The effects of upper echelon affiliations on underwriter prestige." Organization Science, 14: 244-63. Higgins, M. and R. Gulati (2006). “Stacking the deck: The effects of top management backgrounds on investor decisions." Strategic Management Journal, 27: 1-25.
Jensen, Michael (2006). “Should we stay or should we go? Accountability, status anxiety, and client
Merton, Robert K. (1968). “The Matthew effect in science.” Science, 159: 56–63.
Phillips, D. J. and E. W. Zuckerman (2001). "Middle-status conformity: Theoretical restatement and empirical
demonstration in two markets." American Journal of Sociology, 107: 379-429.
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Podolny, J. (1993). “A status-based model of market competition.” American Journal of Sociology, 98: 829-72.
Podolny, J. (1994). “Market uncertainty and the social character of economic exchange.” Administrative
Science Quarterly, 39: 458-83.
Podolny, J. M. and D. J. Phillips (1996). The Dynamics of Organizational Status. Journal of Industrial and
Corporate Change, 5, 2: 453-471.
Podolny, Joel M., Toby E. Stuart, and Michael T. Hannan (1996). “Networks, knowledge, and niches:
Competition in the worldwide semiconductor industry, 1984-1991.” American Journal of Sociology, 102: 659-
689.
Stuart, Toby E. (1998). "Producer network positions and propensities to collaborate: An investigation of strategic alliance formations in a high-technology industry." Administrative Science Quarterly, 43: 668-698. Stuart, Toby E., Ha Hoang and Ralph Hybels (1999). “Interorganizational endorsements and the performance
of entrepreneurial ventures.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 44: 315-49.
Entrepreneurship
Aldrich, Howard E, and Marlene Fiol. (1994). “Fools rush in? The institutional context of industry creation.” Academy of Management Review, 19: 645-670. Aldrich, Howard E. and Catherine Zimmer (1986). "Entrepreneurship through social networks." Pp. 3-23 in Donald Sexton and Raymond Smilor (eds.), The art and science of entrepreneurship. New York, NY: Ballinger. Audia, Pino G. and Christopher I. Rider (2005). “A Garage and an Idea: What More Does An Entrepreneur Need?" California Management Review , 48: 6-28. Brittain, Jack W. and Freeman, John (1986). “Entrepreneurship in the semiconductor industry.” Unpublished paper. University of California, Berkeley. August. Burton, M. Diane, J.B. Sørensen, and C. Beckman (2002). “Coming From Good Stock: Career Histories and New Venture Formation.” In Michael Lounsbury and Mark Ventresca (Eds.), Social Structure and Organizations Revisited. Elsevier Science. Camerer, Colin and Dan Lovallo (1999). “Overconfidence and excess entry: An experimental approach.” The
American Economic Review, 89:. 306-318.
Dobbin, Frank R., and Timothy Dowd (1997). “How policy shapes competition: Early railroad foundings in Massachusetts.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 42: 501-529. Dobrev, Stanislav D. and William P. Barnett (2005). “Organizational roles and transitions to entrepreneurship.” Academy of Management Journal, 48: 433-49. Klepper, Steven (2001). “Employee startups in high-tech industries.” Industrial and Corporate Change, 10: 639-674.
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Gompers, P., J. Lerner and D. Scharfstein (2005). “Entrepreneurial Spawning: Public Corporations and the Genesis of New Ventures, 1986 to 1999. Journal of Finance, LX: 577-614. Hochberg, Y., A. Ljungqvist and Y. Lu (2007). “Whom you know matters: Venture capital networks and investment performance.” Journal of Finance, 63: 251-301. Hsu, D.H. (2004). “What do entrepreneurs pay for venture capital affiliation?” Journal of Finance, 59: 1805-1844. Kaplan, S.N. and A. Schoar (2005). "Private equity performance: Returns, persistence, and capital flows." Journal of Finance, 60: 1791-1823. Shane, Scott (2000). “Prior knowledge and the discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities.” Organization Science, 11: 448-469. Shane, Scott and Daniel Cable (2002). “Network ties, reputation, and the financing of new ventures.” Management Science, 48: 364-381. Sorenson, O. and T.E. Stuart (2001). "Syndication networks and the spatial distribution of venture capital investments." American Journal of Sociology, 106: 1546-1586. Stuart, Toby E. and Olav Sorenson (2008). “Strategic networks and entrepreneurial ventures.” Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 1: 211-27. Zucker, Lynne, Michael Darby, and Marilyn Brewer (1998). “Intellectual capital and the birth of U.S. biotechnology enterprises.” American Economic Review, 88: 290-305.
Work, Careers & Labor Markets
Baron, James N., Michael T. Hannan, and Diane M. Burton (1999). “Building the iron cage: Determinants of
managerial intensity in the early years of organizations.” American Sociological Review, 64: 527-47.
Baron, James N., Frank R. Dobbin, and P. Devereaux Jennings (1986). “War and peace: the evolution of
modern personnel administration in U.S. industry.” American Journal of Sociology, 92: 350
Baron, James N., Brian S. Mittman, and Andrew E. Newman (1991). “Targets of opportunity: organizational
and environmental determinants of gender integration within the California civil service, 1979–1985.”
American Journal of Sociology, 96: 1362–1401.
Beckman, C. M. and D. J. Phillips (2005). “Interorganizational Determinants of Promotion: Client Leadership
and the Promotion of Women Attorneys.” American Sociological Review, 70, 678-701.
Bielby, William T., and James N. Baron (1986). “Men and women at work: Sex segregation and statistical
discrimination.” American Journal of Sociology, 91: 759-799.
Faulkner, Robert R., and Andy B. Anderson (1987). “Short-term projects and emergent careers: Evidence from
Hollywood.” American Journal of Sociology, 92: 879-909.
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Fernandez, R. M., E. J. Castilla and P. Moore (2000). "Social capital at work: Networks and employment at a
phone center." American Journal of Sociology, 105: 1288-1356.
Fernandez, R. M. and I. Fernandez-Mateo (2006). "Networks, race, and hiring." American Sociological Review,
71: 42-71.
Haveman, Heather A. (1993). “Ghosts of managers past: Managerial succession and organizational mortality.” Academy of Management Journal, 36: 864-881. Haveman, Heather A. and Lisa E. Cohen (1994). “The ecological dynamics of careers: The impact of organizational founding, dissolution, and merger on job mobility.” American Journal of Sociology, 100: 104-152. Peterson, Trond, Ishak Saporta and Marc-David Seidel (2001). “Offering a job: Meritocracy and social
networks.” American Journal of Sociology, 106: 763–816.
Phillips, D. J. and J. B. Sørensen (2003). “Competitive Position and Promotion Rates: Commercial Television
Station Top Management, 1953-1988.” Social Forces, 81: 819-842.
Rao, Hayagreeva and Robert Drazin (2002). “Overcoming resource constraints on product innovation by
recruiting talent from rivals: A study of the mutual fund industry, 1986-94.” Academy of Management
Journal, 45: 491-507.
Reskin, Barbara F., and Debra Branch McBrier (2000). “Why not ascription? Organizations’ employment of
male and female managers.” American Sociological Review, 65: 210-233.
Seidel, Marc-David L., Jeffrey T. Polzer and Katherine J. Stewart (2000). “Friends in high places: The effects of
social networks on discrimination in salary negotiations.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 45: 1-24.
Sørensen, Jesper (2000). “The longitudinal effects of group tenure composition on turnover.” American
Sociological Review, 65: 298-310.
Stuart, Toby E. and Waverly W. Ding (2006). "When do scientists become entrepreneurs? The social structural
antecedents of commercial activity in the academic life sciences." American Journal of Sociology, 112: 97-144.
Useem, Michael and Jerome Karabel (1986). “Pathways to top corporate management.” American
Sociological Review, 51: 184-200.
Yakubovich, Valery (2005). "Weak Ties, information, and influence: How workers find jobs in a local Russian
labor narket.” American Sociological Review, 70: 408-421.
Zuckerman, Ezra W, Tai-Young Kim, Kalinda Ukanwa, and James von Rittmann (2003). “Robust Identities or
Non-Entities? Typecasting in the Feature Film Labor Market.” American Journal of Sociology, 108: 1018-1075.
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Ecology
Barnett, William P. (1990).”The organizational ecology of a technological system.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 35: 31-60. Barnett, William P. and G.R. Carroll (1987). "Competition and mutualism among early telephone companies." Administrative Science Quarterly, 32: 400-421. Barron, David N., Elizabeth West, and Michael T. Hannan (1994). “A time to grow and a time to die: Growth and mortality of credit unions in New York City, 1914-1990.” American Journal of Sociology, 100: 381-421. Baum, Joel A.C. and Heather A. Haveman (1997). "Love thy neighbor? Differentiation and agglomeration in the Manhattan hotel industry, 1898-1990." Administrative Science Quarterly, 42: 304-38. Baum, J.A.C. and C. Oliver (1992). “Institutional embeddedness and the dynamics of organizational populations. American Sociolgocial Review, 57: 540-559. Baum, Joel and Andrew Shipilov (2006). “Ecological approaches to organizations” in Handbook of
Organizational Studies. Sage, pp.55-109.
Baum, Joel A. C., and Christine Oliver (1991). "Institutional linkages and organizational mortality."
Administrative Science Quarterly, 36: 187-218.
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