Stephen R. Barley

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Stephen R. Barley
Born (1953-02-16) February 16, 1953 (age 71)
Citizenship
Known forContributions to structuration theory and
Work and Technology Studies
Scientific career
FieldsOrganizational theory
Technological change
Doctoral studentsPaul Leonardi

Stephen R. Barley (born February 16, 1953) is an American

Stanford Graduate School of Education
. Barley's research focuses on the role of technology in organizational change and organizational/occupational culture.

Biography

Barley received his A.B. in English from the

College of William and Mary in 1975, a M.A. in Student Personnel Administration from the Ohio State University in 1977, and a Ph.D. from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1984.[1] His dissertation was entitled "The Professional, the semi-professional, and the machine: The social implications of computer based imaging in radiology." His 1986 paper "Technology as an occasion for structuring" has been cited over 4300 times.[2]

Barley was a professor in the

' committee on the changing occupational structure was co-chaired by Barley in 1998 and 1999.

Barley was editor of the Administrative Science Quarterly from 1993 to 1997 and has served on the editorial boards for the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Managagement Studies, and Organization Science.

Selected publications

Books:

  • Van Maanen, John
    , and Stephen R. Barley. Occupational communities: Culture and control in organizations. No. TR-ONR-10. ALFRED P SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT CAMBRIDGE MA, 1982.
  • Tolbert, P. S.; Barley, Stephen R. (1991). Professions and Organizations. Special edition of Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Organizations and Professions. Vol. 8. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
  • Barley, Stephen R. (1996). The New World of Work. Washington, D.C.: National Planning Association. .
  • Barley, Stephen R.; Orr, J. (1997). Between Craft and Science: Technical Work in the United States. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press. .
  • Kochan, T. A.; Barley, S. R. (1999). The Changing Nature of Work and Its Implications for Occupational Analysis. Washington, D.C.: National Research Council.
  • Barley, Stephen R.; Kunda, G (2004). Gurus, Hired Guns and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. .

Articles, a selection:

References

  1. ^ a b "Curricula Vita: Stephen R. Barley". Center for Work, Technology, & Organization, Stanford University. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  2. ^ "Articles citing Barley". Retrieved 2008-12-20.

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