Research in the Sociology of Work invites submissions for inclusion in a section of RSW devoted to “Race and Ethnicity at Work.” Submissions may address any topic on this theme, including but not limited to the following: Continue reading “Call for Papers: Race and Ethnicity at Work”
Work and Occupations Special Issue on “Making Jobs Better”
Work and Occupations has recently published a special issue on “Making Jobs Better” (Volume 44, Number 1). Please find the table of contents & article descriptions below.
Daniel B. Cornfield (Vanderbilt University) is the current editor of Work and Occupations. The journal can be accessed at: journals.sagepub.com/home/wox and manuscripts can be submitted at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wox
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Call for Abstracts: 2017 Junior Theorists Symposium
2017 Junior Theorists Symposium
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
August 11, 2017
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 20, 2017
We invite submissions of extended abstracts for the 11th Junior Theorists Symposium (JTS), to be held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on August 11th, 2017, the day before the annual meeting of the AmericanSociological Association (ASA). The JTS is a one-day conference featuring the work of up-and-coming sociologists, sponsored in part by the Theory Section of the ASA. Since 2005, the conference has brought together early career-stage sociologists who engage in theoretical work, broadly defined.
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ILR Review Special Issue on Workplace Inequality
We’re pleased to announce the release of an ILR Review special issue on workplace inequality — offering important theoretical and practical insights for efforts to reduce inequality in organizations. Many thanks to guest editors Pamela S. Tolbert and Emilio J. Castilla. Papers in the issue empirically examine the efficacy of a range of practices to reduce racial and gender disparities in hiring, promotion, and compensation. They also identify key contingencies that affect the relationship between organizational practices and outcomes, showing differences in effects for women and minorities, for members at different hierarchical levels, and for members drawn from internal or external labor markets.
Rose Batt and Larry Kahn, Editors
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New Journal from the Working Class Studies Association
The Working Class Studies Association has a new journal that may be of interest to section may members. Here’s the link to the WCSA webpage announcement about the journal: https://wcstudiesassociation.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/new-journal-of-working-class-studies-now-online/
And a direct link to the journal: https://workingclassstudiesjournal.com/
Also, here is the CfP for their upcoming conference May 31-June 3 at IU-Bloomington: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/conferences/index.php/wcsa/WCSA17/schedConf/cfp
Call for Applications: Medici Summer School
IX Medici Summer School, June 19 – June 23, 2017
Theme: The Organization of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
We are pleased to announce the organization of the 9th edition of the Medici Summer School in Management Studies for doctoral students and young researchers which will be held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 19 – June 23, 2017. The school is organized and sponsored by Alma GS (University of Bologna), HEC Paris (Society and Organizations Research Center and the HEC Foundation), and MIT Sloan School of Management (Economic Sociology PhD Program).
http://www.medicisummerschool.it/
http://sociology.mit.edu/programs
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2017 OOW Section Awards: Committees Announced
The OOW Section Award information is now up on the website. Nominations for the Max Weber Book Award, the W. Richard Scott Article Award, the James D. Thompson Graduate Student Paper Award and the Distinguished Career Award are due March 31, 2017. More information about each can be found at the links below:
- Weber Award: https://oowsection.org/weber-award/
- Scott Award: https://oowsection.org/scott-award/
- Thompson Award: https://oowsection.org/thompson-award/
- Distinguished Career Award: https://oowsection.org/distinguished-career-award/
Call for Papers: Mini-conference on Intersections of Economic Sociology and Organizations, Occupations and Work
Fellow Travelers on Different Roads: The Intersections of Economic Sociology and Organizations, Occupations, and Work
August 11, 2017
Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal
The industrial revolution fundamentally transformed society. Central to this transformation was the growing role of work, organizations, and markets in daily life. It is no coincidence that the discipline of sociology was founded in this era, and that the study of these institutions continues to be at the core of both the Economic Sociology and Organizations, Occupations, and Work sections.
This mini-conference aims to bring together members of both sections to facilitate dialogue within and across our fields. The event will highlight work that advances research in Economic Sociology and Organizations, Occupations, and Work, using a diverse set of theoretical and methodological approaches. We invite research that explores core themes from both domains, as well as research that develops the intersections and tensions between the two. We are especially interested in new work that engages with emerging phenomena and/or uses novel perspectives. We hope that the conference will bring together economic sociologists and scholars of organizations, occupations, and work from across institutional divides, including those in sociology departments, as well as in schools of management, engineering, public policy, and industrial and labor relations. Thematic sessions will be determined based on submissions.
Call for Papers: “Seeking a More Just and Egalitarian Economy: Realizing the Future via Co-operatives, Communes, and Other Collectives” at SASE in Lyon, France
Joyce Rothschild and Katherine Chen are co-organizing a mini-conference at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) in Lyon, France. Please consider submitting an abstract, due to the SASE submission site by Feb. 3, 2017. Accepted presenters will need to provide a full paper by June 1, 2017 for discussion. Please circulate to this cfp to interested persons!
Job Posting: McConnell Visiting (Associate or Full) Professor of Sociology
The Department of Sociology at Pomona College is seeking a distinguished scholar for the McConnell Visiting (Associate or Full) Professor of Sociology. The hire can be at the associate or full level for a 2-3 year visiting position beginning in Fall 2017.
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Organizations, Occupations and Work 