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2023 OOW Award Winners!

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Here are photos of our 2023 award winners at the Section business meeting in Philadelphia (taken by Past Chair Tim Bartley).  Congratulations to all! 

Erin Cech presents the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Distinguished Career Award to Don Tomaskovic-Devey.

Laura Lopez-Sanders presents the James Thompson Graduate Student Paper Award to co-winner Eldad Levy Guerrero for his paper, “Looking Right and Looking Busy: Producing Vigilance in Private Security.”

Laura Lopez-Sanders presents the James Thompson Graduate Student Paper Award to co-winner Wendy Li for her paper, “Regulatory Capture’s Third Face of Power” (forthcoming in Socio-Economic Review).

Adilia James presents the W. Richard Scott Article Award to Jayanti Owens for her article, “Double Jeopardy: Teacher Biases, Racialized Organizations, and the Production of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in School Discipline,” published in American Sociological Review.

Amy Binder presents the Max Weber Book Award to Josh Seim for his book, Bandage, Sort, and Hustle: Ambulance Crews on the Front Lines of Urban Suffering, published by University of California Press.

New Publication: Union Booms and Busts: The Ongoing Fight Over the U.S. Labor Movement

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Judith Stepan-Norris and Jasmine Kerrissey have a new book analyzing industry-level union density from 1900-2015, Union Booms and Busts: The Ongoing Fight Over the U.S. Labor Movement (Oxford University Press, June 2023). Everyone is invited to make use of the book’s publicly available data repository, including information on union membership and density, strikes, elections, unfair labor practices, employment size, race, gender, and occupation of workers.  

Job Posting: Open Level Faculty Position in AI and Work, Department of Technology Management, University of California Santa Barbara

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University of California -Santa Barbara (UCSB), College of Engineering’s Department of Technology Management invites applications for an open-rank position in the area of technology and organizations with a research focus on technology, AI, and the future of work. The position has a start date of July 1, 2024, or later. Successful applicants will contribute to the exciting intellectual environment within the Department of Technology Management and contribute meaningfully to its strategic initiatives and programmatic activities. The selected candidate is expected to play a key role in the growth of the department and to participate in departmental service appropriate for their rank. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching and service as appropriate to the position.

The Department of Technology Management resides in UCSB’s highly ranked College of Engineering, where it offers a successful professional master’s degree, a Ph.D. program, and undergraduate and graduate certificates. Core faculty in the Department of Technology Management include: Matthew Beane, Sukhun Kang, Paul Leonardi, Kyle Lewis, Nelson Phillips, Renee Rottner Jessica Santana, and Mary Tripsas; all of whose research and teaching reflect the unit’s intentional interdisciplinary character.

In 2023-24, a wide array of UC Santa Barbara departments is partnering with the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to launch a special faculty recruitment initiative named after Benjamin Banneker, the 18th-century African American mathematician, astronomer, anti-racist, engineer, ecologist, and peace advocate. Funded by an Advancing Faculty Diversity grant from the UC Office of the President, with the goal of diversifying faculty, research, and curriculum in STEM (and related) fields, the Banneker Initiative aims to recruit scholars, scientists, and engineers whose disciplinary and interdisciplinary work would take place within the community of interests exemplified by Banneker’s intellectual, ethical, and social commitments as an African American scientist. Applicants may be eligible to be fellows in the Benjamin Banneker Initiative. The community of Banneker Fellows will receive funding for cohort building and professional development activities, including enrollment in the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity Faculty Success Program, proposal writing training, and seed grants.

The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 3 for the salary range. A reasonable estimate for this position is $190,000 – $400,000 annual salary. “Off-scale salaries”, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide minimum salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.

Applications can be submitted via UC Recruit at https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02571.
Review of applications will begin Wednesday, October 4, 2023 and will continue until the position is filled. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching, and service as appropriate to the position. UCSB is an EEO/AA EOE, including disability/vets.

Postdoc Position: University of Pennsylvania and CHOP Postdoctoral Fellowships for Academic Diversity

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The 2024-2025 University of Pennsylvania and CHOP Postdoctoral Fellowships for Academic Diversity

Deadline: Nov 03, 2023 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Postdoctoral Fellowships are competitive programs intended to increase the diversity of the academic research community at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). While the Penn and CHOP programs have a common application form, they are independently funded and have separate review processes.

Both organizations seek to attract promising researchers and educators from different backgrounds, races, ethnic groups, and other diverse populations whose life experiences, research experiences and employment backgrounds will contribute significantly to their academic missions.

Fellowships are available for postdoctoral training in all areas of study at either Penn or CHOP. STEM applications are strongly encouraged. Successful candidates will receive mentored scholarly and research training as well as courses and workshops to enhance their research success skills and prepare them for a faculty position in a major university.

The current 2023-2024 stipend rate begins at $65,000 in year one with $2,000 increases in years two & three. Additionally, the fellow will receive annual allowances for research and travel related expenses of $6,000, and if eligible, a one-time relocation expense of up to $5,000. The University and CHOP also provide a benefits package.

Successful candidates will receive highly mentored scholarly and research training and have access to courses and workshops provided by partners on campus to enhance their research skills and prepare them for faculty positions in a major university.

The program is designed to provide postdocs with time to focus on research and publishing activities that will enhance their career prospects for either a faculty appointment in an academic institution or an appointment in other sectors of the economy such as industry, government or nonprofit organizations.

Start dates will be arranged in consultation with the faculty mentor and will begin as early as July 2024.
Qualifications

See https://apply.interfolio.com/129592 for more details.

Job Posting: Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Strategic Management Area

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The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream appointment in the Strategic Management Area. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2024, or shortly thereafter.

Candidates must have earned a PhD degree in management or a cognate discipline with a focus on strategic management (e.g., economics, sociology) by the time of appointment, or shortly thereafter, with a demonstrated record of excellence in research and teaching. We seek candidates whose research and teaching interests complement and enhance our existing strengths.

Candidates must provide evidence of research excellence in strategic management, which is shown primarily by the job-market paper and additional research papers or publications submitted with the application, a research statement, and strong letters of reference from referees of high standing. The successful candidate is expected to pursue innovative and independent research at the highest level, establish an outstanding, independent research program, and publish articles in internationally recognized top-tier and field relevant academic journals in the field of strategy and/or cognate disciplines. We seek individuals who have published in, have papers forthcoming in, or have works in progress meeting the standards of Strategic Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal/Review, American Economic Review, American Journal of Sociology, Management Science, Organization Science, and journals of similar caliber and standing. Further evidence of research excellence includes presentations at significant conferences, awards and accolades, and research presentations at other highly ranked universities.

Applicants must demonstrate excellence in teaching, including a strong demonstrated ability to integrate both theory and practice; evidence of effective communication and presentation skills; a willingness to undertake graduate supervision; and a demonstrated mastery of their subject area. Evidence of excellence in teaching will be demonstrated by teaching accomplishments, strong letters of reference, the teaching dossier, and for short-listed candidates, a strong performance during the on-campus seminar presentation. The teaching dossier includes a teaching statement, sample course materials, teaching evaluations, or other evidence of superior performance in teaching-related activities, which can include superior performance as a teaching assistant or course instructor, experience leading successful workshops or seminars, student mentorship, or excellent conference presentations or posters.

This search aligns with the University’s commitment to strategically and proactively promote diversity among our community members (Statement on Equity, Diversity & Excellence). Recognizing that Black, Indigenous, and other Racialized communities have experienced inequitiesthat have developed historically and are ongoing, we strongly welcome and encourage candidates from those communities to apply. Applicants are invited to include in their cover letter any experiences, or planned future contributions, to equity, diversity and inclusion, in the areas of research, teaching, and/or service.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

About the Organization
U of T is Canada’s largest university and has an international research reputation. The Rotman School of Management has a strong research-oriented faculty that is supportive of serious scholarship and is committed to the professional development of its faculty. The Rotman School operates a wide range of degree programs, including an undergraduate Commerce program, a full-time, part-time, Executive, and Global Executive MBA program, a Global Executive MBA for Healthcare and the Life Sciences, a Master of Management Analytics, a Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting, and a Ph.D. program. The Strategic Management area provides a stimulating and supportive research environment and a strong commitment to excellence in both research and teaching. Within the University of Toronto, the Strategic Management area has close ties with the Economics Department and the Sociology Department. All Strategic Management PhD students complete graduate-level courses in at least one of these departments.

Rotman is situated in the heart of Canada’s corporate and financial center, and the world’s most diverse city. Rotman’s core values reflect this diversity. For more information about the Rotman School and its core values, please visit: http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/Connect/AboutRotman/OurValues.

All qualified candidates are invited to apply online by clicking the link below. Applicants must submit a cover letter including any experiences, or planned future contributions, to equity, diversity and inclusion, in the areas of research, teaching, and/or service; a current curriculum vitae; a research statement outlining current and future research interests; a job-market paper and up to two additional research papers or publications; and a teaching dossier including a teaching statement, sample course materials, and teaching evaluations, or evidence of superior performance in other teaching-related activities as listed above.

Applicants must provide the name and contact information of three references. The University of Toronto’s recruiting tool will automatically solicit and collect letters of reference from each referee the day after an application is submitted. Applicants remain responsible for ensuring that referees submit recent letters (on letterhead, dated and signed) by the closing date. More details on the automatic reference letter collection, including timelines, are available in the candidate FAQ.

Submission guidelines can be found at http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. Your CV and cover letter should be uploaded into the dedicated fields. Please combine additional application materials into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format. If you have any questions about this position, please contact Professor Becky Reuber, Search Committee Chair at Strategy.Recruiting@Rotman.Utoronto.Ca.

All application materials, including recent reference letters, must be received by September 25, 2023.​​​​​​​

Click here to apply: https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Assistant-Professor-Strategic-Management-ON/573257517/

CFP: Encyclopedia of Organizational Sociology

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Elgar Encyclopedia of Organizational Sociology

Deadline for entries is Nov 15, 2023

Editors:

Mary Godwyn, Professor of Sociology, Babson College, MA, USA, and Editor-in-Chief: Elgar Encyclopedia of Organizational Sociology

Ethné Swartz, Professor of Management, Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University, NJ, USA

Michael Grothe-Hammer, Associate Professor of Sociology (Organization & Technology)

Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Samuel O. Idowu, London Guildhall School of Business & Law, London Metropolitan University

Project Description:

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Organizational Sociology is a single-volume Encyclopedia in a new and exciting series of Encyclopedias in Sociology offered by Edward Elgar Publishing.

This volume offers relatively concise encyclopedic coverage of the discreet subfield of organizational sociology. We aim to capture a comprehensive set of diverse perspectives on organizational sociology, with easy-access entries and references to assist scholars and researchers as they search for seminal content in this important field.

The Editors wish to create a volume that provides readers with key foundational concepts in the field of sociology and organization studies, while also being inclusive of a range of theoretical perspectives that include but is not limited to liberal, postmodernist, historical materialist, or post-colonialist feminist accounts. We are also open to discussion that focusses on topics that meld transdisciplinary perspectives (e.g., inertia when implementing change), or social implications of technological change (e.g., deskilling, upskilling, digital skills and agile organizations). We are particularly interested in contributions that reflect the Global South and move us beyond purely Western perspectives, authors, and topics. Additionally, we encourage entries that update the major debates about the evolution of the discipline.

Entries:

The single-volume Encyclopedia will consist of around 200,000 words that reflect selected entries from authors who respond to this call, or specially commissioned entries. Authors may choose to contribute one or more entries. The editors seek entries that provide a concise summary of the most relevant accumulated knowledge on a subject or concept. We expect that the length of entries will vary but, as a guide, more complex entries should be 2,000-3,000 words, while less complex entries (e.g., the definition of a key concept) as little as 1,000 words.

To ensure editorial integrity and foster diverse perspectives, the Editors request that authors peer-review two entries from other contributors for every entry they submit. Authors will be entitled to post the pre-print version of their entry on their own website and institutional repository after a six-month embargo period. For those interested, there will also be an option to publish a limited number of entries Open Access for a fee.

Organization of entries will be alphabetical and may include a very limited number of entries on founding authors in the field and their contributions, theories, and concepts upon which organizational sociology is defined. The Encyclopedia will be organized as follows: Biographies and contributions of approximately 10 founders of the field; Main Conceptual entries, and Organization entries. We expect Main entries to be between 2,000 – 3,000 words, Biographical and Organization entries to between 1,000 and 1,500 words. We append an initial list that interested contributors can consult. We also encourage contributors to propose their own entries not on our list for consideration. Interested contributors can send an initial 250-word outline that contains a precis of the content they wish to submit, and why it is important to include in the Encyclopedia. Please send these initial entries and further enquiries to:

Mary Godwyn, EiC Elgar Encyclopedia of Organizational Sociology

Email: ed.encyclopedia.soc.org@gmail.com

Deadlines

2023

January – July: Solicitation of authors to write and peer-review entries for the Encyclopedia.

Commitment from authors – The EiC will distribute Contributors Agreements to each author.

August 30: Deadline for submission of Contributors Agreements

November 15: Deadline for submission of written entries from authors.

December 15: Distribution of entries to peer-reviewers.

2024

February 15:  Deadline for peer- reviews of entries to be submitted to Co-editors.

April 15: Deadline for Co-editors to complete their review of peer-reviewed submissions.

June 15: Deadline for Co-editors to provide feedback on entries.

July 15: Deadline for rewrites and resubmissions

September 15: Deadline for Co-editors to complete final revisions and submit manuscript to publisher.

Final Entries and Due Date:

All final entries are due on November 15, 2023, but can be sent at any time before that. Please follow the structure below:

  • Title
  • Introduction and brief overview of the topic, figure/author/researcher, or concept.
  • Discussion and application
  • Critical summary and conclusion
  • Name of Author (right indent)
  • References and selected further readings.

The referencing system for in-text citations is (Author, Year). To refer to a specific page it is (Author, Year: p. 166). The following format is to be used for the list of references at the end of the entry:

  • Boltanski, L. and E. Chiapello (2005), The New Spirit of Capitalism. London: Verso.
  • Hyman, R. (2006), Marxist thought and the analysis of work, in M. Korczynski, R. Hodson and P. Edwards (eds), Social Theory at Work, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Pettinger, L. (2004), Brand culture and branded workers: service work and aesthetic labor in fashion retail, Consumption, Markets & Culture, 7(2), pp.165-184.
  • Authors can also suggest other types of media such as websites, podcasts or films under references and selected further readings. 

 List of Entries for Encyclopedia of Organizational Sociology

Business organizations
Formal organization
Organization studies
Organizational change
Organizational ecology
Practice theory
Prison
Reforms
Religious organizations
Social stratification
Sociology of Sport
Schools

Contingency theory
Groups
Informality (of structures and processes)
Resistance (collective and individual)
Resource dependency theory
Translation

Job Posting: Assistant Professor, Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine

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The UCI Paul Merage School of Business is seeking candidates to fill one tenure-track Assistant Professor position whose research, teaching, and/or service contribute to UCI’s Black Thriving Initiative and cluster hire in Poetic Justice. This position is open to individuals in any academic area of business.

QUALIFICATIONS:

We are seeking individuals from all areas of business with a commitment to research on creative enterprises, with a focus on diversity and equity. Preference will be given to candidates whose research centers the Black experience in particular. A Ph.D. in a relevant discipline is required (Ph.D. must be completed by Summer 2023).

Please note, the salary listed in the job posting is the minimum for that rank and/or step in the UC system and does not include the off-scale salary component. Salary is competitive and will be commensurate with prior performance and experience.

See the full announcement and apply here: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF08596

DEADLINE: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, although first consideration will be given to completed applications received by September 30, 2023.

Job Posting: Research Assistant / Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

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The Department of Management at Kingston Business School invites applications from highly-qualified individuals for the position of Research Assistant to collaborate with Dr. Sarah Otner on a portfolio of research activity about the fragrance industry.

The project involves the design and delivery of multi-national, archival (i.e., secondary) data collection that will allow PI to build a structured database with information about fragrance industry awards (specifically) and creative industry careers (generally).

The role will appeal to applicants with ambitions to pursue research-intensive careers; it is similar in content and structure to a “pre-doctoral fellowship”. If interested and appropriate, the successful candidate will be supported to apply both for admission to doctoral studies (i.e., Business Ph.D. degree programme) and for any relevant funding opportunities (including Kingston University’s Ph.D. Studentships, deadline annually each March for study starting the following October).

This is a part-time position (0.6 FTE), available immediately for a fixed-term duration until 31 July 2024 subject to funding availability.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, until the closing date of 18th June and interviews are expected to be held on 13 July 2023.

More information available here: https://jobs.kingston.ac.uk/internal/vacancy/research-assistant-527674.html

New Publications

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The Economic Sociology of Development by Andrew Schrank

Bringing the study of international inequality back into the core of sociological theory, this book offers a user-friendly introduction to development and underdevelopment. In doing so, it places various approaches to the definition, measurement, and understanding of “development” against the backdrop of broader sociological debates.

Schrank draws concrete examples from different regions and epochs to explore sociological thinking about development and underdevelopment informed by the latest currents in economic sociology. Across a series of chapters, he identifies relationships between mainstream and Marxist approaches to the study of international inequality; uses classical and contemporary social theory to develop a parsimonious typology of national development outcomes; addresses cross-border learning and diffusion in light of the latest developments in organization theory; considers the roles of religious, racial, and gender identities in the development process in different places and times; and portrays contemporary global challenges ‒ such as populism, pandemics, and climate change ‒ as distinctly sociological problems in need of multifaceted solutions. Enriched with expository figures, tables, and diagrams, this accessible book simultaneously distills and develops the sociological approach to the study of development and underdevelopment for both undergraduate and graduate students across the social sciences.

“A Theory of Despair Among U.S. College Students” by Joseph C. Hermanowicz in Current Perspectives in Social Theory

The author argues that contemporary college culture is predicated on hedonism indicated by a use of predominantly social time in which parties, alcohol, casual sex, and lax academics pervade students’ experiences. Coincident with this culture, however, is a deleterious pattern among students that has developed dramatically: their compromised mental health. The situation presents an apparent paradox: why are many students suffering when enveloped by fun? This chapter draws a connection between fun and suffering by treating each as conditions that spring from the sociohistorical context that situates institutions of higher education. In so doing, a theory is set forth to explain why despair is rendered applicable and how it is institutionally installed in the minds of modern-day college students.

Work and Occupations Symposium on the “New Labor Activism”

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The Work and Occupations symposium issue on “The New Labor Activism” has just been released.  The fifteen symposium essays present a new generation of labor sociology research for comprehending and sustaining the contemporary labor mobilization in the U.S., the largest labor mobilization since the 1930s.  The mobilization is occurring throughout the U.S. economy, including in the logistics, tech, retail, hospitality, automotive, healthcare, civil society, arts, and education sectors.  The essays, written by a diverse group of social scientists, focus on the themes of “history,” “intersectionality,” “worker agency,” and “hierarchy” and continue the post-World War II transition of the field from a union-centered toward a worker-centered labor sociology.  The symposium essays are written in dialogue with the June, 2022 report on U.S. labor organizing issued by the Worker Empowerment Research Network, a new network of labor market researchers associated with the MIT Sloan School of Management, Cornell, Rutgers, and Columbia Universities, and other universities and colleges.  The symposium issue can be accessed from the “OnlineFirst” section of the Work and Occupations website.