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Economic Development Quarterly, 1994
Economic Development Quarterly http://edq.sagepub.com/ Three Strategies of State Economic Develop... more Economic Development Quarterly http://edq.sagepub.com/ Three Strategies of State Economic Development: Entrepreneurial, Industrial Recruitment, and Deregulation Policies in the American States Kevin T. Leicht and J. Craig Jenkins Economic Development Quarterly 1994 8: 256 ...
Sociological Quarterly, 2004
The Sociological Quarterly, 2001
The Sociological Quarterly, 2001
The Sociological Quarterly, 1989
ABSTRACT The relationship between unions and their members is an important, yet neglected, subjec... more ABSTRACT The relationship between unions and their members is an important, yet neglected, subject in recent studies of the sociology of work. This study develops and tests a theory of union satisfaction and participation that combines recent research in the sociology of work with previous explanations of union satisfaction and participation provided by industrial relations researchers, in an attempt to understand the relationship between unions, plants, jobs, and workers in U.S. manufacturing industries. This theory predicts that union members will be satisfied with their unions and participate more in them if there are extensive ties between workers, employers, and unions. These ties stem from the focus of labor/management relations in particular, and class struggles in general, on market outcomes and the historical linkage of union membership with employment in the United States. The theory also predicts that unions them-selves act as ties to specific work settings and that union participation is a forum for voicing dissatisfaction with specific characteristics of workers' jobs. Testing these predictions is complicated by contradictory nature of the structure and organization of work in advanced industrial societies. The analysis provides qualified support for this theory, with data drawn from more unions, plants, and union members than have been used to date. In addition to discussing modifications to the theory and analysis presented here, the study includes a discussion of its implications for the future of unionization and the organization of work, in light of declines in union membership, increased efforts to decertify unions and resist union organizing efforts, and deindustrialization in the United States.
Social Science Quarterly, 2008
... J. Craig Jenkins 1 ,; Kevin T. Leicht 2 ,; Arthur Jaynes 1. ... Some argue that high-technolo... more ... J. Craig Jenkins 1 ,; Kevin T. Leicht 2 ,; Arthur Jaynes 1. ... Some argue that high-technology development is an organic path-dependent process that cannot be significantly influenced by public policy (Kenney and von Burg, 2000; Cortright and Mayer, 2001, 2002). ...
Social Forces, 2002
ABSTRACT Social Forces 81.2 (2002) 669-671 Baldoz, Koeber, and Kraft attempt to give the sociolog... more ABSTRACT Social Forces 81.2 (2002) 669-671 Baldoz, Koeber, and Kraft attempt to give the sociology of the labor process a shot in the arm by focusing readers' attention on new and unconventional work arrangements. This edited volume is the product of a conference at SUNY-Binghamton in May 1998 titled "Work, Difference and Social Change," involving participants in critical reflections on the continued relevance of Harry Braverman's Labor andMonopoly Capital (25th anniversary edition, 1998). The overall quality of the contributions is outstanding and Baldoz, Koeber and Kraft deserve high marks for assembling work that will interest scholars and stimulate undergraduates and learned nonspecialists. The Critical Study of Work is global in scope. The reader is taken from direct-selling networks in Taiwan (Lan) to factories in Hungary and Russia (Burawoy) to supermarkets in Brazil and Quebec (Soares) to South African manufacturing and mining (Webster), globalized apparel manufacturing (Bonacich), and different varieties of computer hardware and software production (Chun, Sharpe, Mieksins, Whalley, and O'Riain). The essays are organized into four parts covering labor process theory, new research on service sector work, new research on industrial work, and research and reflections on high-technology work. The new insights from this book are many (too many to mention here), but they come from thoughtful scholars who have spent a good deal of their own working lives critically examining the labor process. The opening essays by Burawoy and Haydu provide critical and insightful reflections on the present state of labor process theory, and each essay calls for an expanded horizon of research on actually existing systems of production and the problematic class relationships these encompass. The essays in part 2 (by Glenn, Lan, and Soares) address service sector workers and highlight (in drastically different settings) the roles that racial and gender domination inside and outside of the workplace contribute to the globalized division of labor. Part 3 of the book returns to more familiar ground for labor process research (industrial production) and features essays by Chun, Bonacich, Rinehart, and Webster. Each essay highlights different ways that flexible despotism is manifested in work circumstances that belie the usual, stereotyped appearance of exploited immigrant women of color laboring in intense heat on assembly lines. Finally, in part 4 of the book, Sharpe, Meiksins, and Whalley, and O'Riain each deal with professional and technical work in globalized high technology production. This represents the "new frontier" of research in the sociology of work, and each of these essays highlights ways that struggles for control by managers and autonomy by workers has shaped software development and engineering. Though the essays are uniformly strong and of very high quality, several stand out for their unique and potentially important insights. Haydu problematizes the managerial project of workplace control, highlighting the problematic nature of intraclass relationships among employers. Burawoy's essay points to the contradictory nature of our labels for different systems of production and calls for comparisons between actually existing alternatives to the capitalist and state socialist labor process. Glenn's most innovative essay highlights how the globalization of production has led to an "international transference of mothering" as different parts of the world "produce" children and reproduce the labor force that the globalized market economy uses and exploits. Bonacich offers some practical ideas for community organizing that would hold corporate conglomerates more responsible for the labor processes among their subcontractors. Finally, Meiksins and Whalley lead us to question whether flexible production and subcontracting always represent a system thrust on the powerless by the powerful. Though all these essays reflect notable advancements in labor process research, there are a few issues that are unaddressed or overlooked that would have strengthened this already strong volume. I can only list these as important issues worthy of future research: (1) The authors pay very little attention to larger political contexts. As labor process research addresses globalization, the need to address politically what goes on outside the factory and office becomes all the more telling by its absence. (2) At...
Annual Review of Sociology, 2008
Group gaps research risks irrelevance because new forms of earnings inequality are increasing ine... more Group gaps research risks irrelevance because new forms of earnings inequality are increasing inequality within groups. This review attempts to stimulate more broad-ranging research on earnings inequality beyond the study of average gender and racial gaps. After reviewing some of the problems with research on average group gaps, I provide a brief review of more recent attempts to transcend traditional group gaps research, and I point to some areas where there is still substantive neglect. The review ends with suggestions for ways to correct these problems and for inequality researchers to reconnect with a commitment to more comprehensive theoretical models that interrogate multiple sources of inequality. 237 Click here for quick links to Annual Reviews content online, including: • Other articles in this volume • Top cited articles • Top downloaded articles • Our comprehensive search Further ANNUAL REVIEWS Annu. Rev. Sociol. 2008.34:237-255. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by University of Tartu on 06/17/11. For personal use only. 238 Leicht Annu. Rev. Sociol. 2008.34:237-255. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by University of Tartu on 06/17/11. For personal use only. www.annualreviews.org • Broken Down by Race and Gender 239 Annu. Rev. Sociol. 2008.34:237-255. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by University of Tartu on 06/17/11. For personal use only. www.annualreviews.org • Broken Down by Race and Gender 241 Annu. Rev. Sociol. 2008.34:237-255. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by University of Tartu on 06/17/11. For personal use only.
Sociological Analysis, 1984
Page 1. Religious Awakenings and Sources of Support for the New Religious Right* Charles L. Harpe... more Page 1. Religious Awakenings and Sources of Support for the New Religious Right* Charles L. Harper Creighton University Kevin Leicht Indiana University Sociological Analysis 1984, 45, 4:339-353 Status Politics: Explanations ...
ICPSR Data Holdings, 2000
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research, 2010
The study of politics and political phenomena is important for understanding a variety of questio... more The study of politics and political phenomena is important for understanding a variety of questions that are at the core of social science research, theorizing, and policy analysis. This collection by top scholars of politics is designed to provide a broad overview of the substantive, theoretical and methodological state of political research while focusing on key areas that deserve fresh
Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2003
Work and Occupations, 2000
ABSTRACT
Work and Occupations, 1993
Work and Occupations, 2004
culture wars thesis and applies it to an institutional arena that has received comparatively litt... more culture wars thesis and applies it to an institutional arena that has received comparatively little attention in the culture wars debate-the contemporary American workplace. The authors ask to what extent cultural divisions originating in four broad cultural domains (i.e., social equality, social freedom, multiculturalism, and gender equity) permeate the workplace and impact workers'views of the property rights of jobs. That is, do cultural values originating in the larger society affect workers'evaluations of managerial prerogative to make unilateral decisions in the best interests of the firm without regard to workers' claims to their jobs? Or, conversely, do such cultural values shape workers' sense of job entitlement that jobs should be protected in times of changing technology, declining demand for a firm's product, or other organizational and market imperatives? The authors use data from the Indiana Quality of Employment Survey to examine several hypotheses surrounding this debate. The results suggest that the relationship between cultural values and specific, work-based ideologies are more complicated than Hunter's original formulation might suggest; that is, there are complex and nonobvious relationships between these four domains of American cultural life and workers' views concerning job entitlement. These relationships are not significantly mediated by organizational and occupational characteristics normally associated with workplace attitudes. The results speak to broader debates about the role of structure and culture in the sociology of work and the complexity of the ideological landscape of American working life.
The Sociological Quarterly, 1993
Social Science Research, 1999
... 618633. Full Text via CrossRef. 28. BA Rubin, Inequality in the working class: The unanticip... more ... 618633. Full Text via CrossRef. 28. BA Rubin, Inequality in the working class: The unanticipated consequences of union organization and strikes. Industrial and Labor Relations Review 411 (1988), pp. 553556. Full Text via CrossRef. 29. ...
Social Problems, 1996
... a partnership between big business and organized labor (Ferguson and Ladd 1988; Osborne 1987;... more ... a partnership between big business and organized labor (Ferguson and Ladd 1988; Osborne 1987; Hill and Negrey 1985; Jackson ... state (Amenta and Carruthers 1988; Pavalko 1989), social spending (Hicks, Friedland, and Johnson 1978), corporate taxes (Jacobs 1987) and ...
Social Forces, 2006
... Some investments create equity shares in a private stock company or royalty claims against th... more ... Some investments create equity shares in a private stock company or royalty claims against the sales of particular products. Others are convertible into long-term bonds. ... Local SBIR programs chartered by state Page 9. Do High Technology Policies Work? 275 ...
Economic Development Quarterly, 1994
Economic Development Quarterly http://edq.sagepub.com/ Three Strategies of State Economic Develop... more Economic Development Quarterly http://edq.sagepub.com/ Three Strategies of State Economic Development: Entrepreneurial, Industrial Recruitment, and Deregulation Policies in the American States Kevin T. Leicht and J. Craig Jenkins Economic Development Quarterly 1994 8: 256 ...
Sociological Quarterly, 2004
The Sociological Quarterly, 2001
The Sociological Quarterly, 2001
The Sociological Quarterly, 1989
ABSTRACT The relationship between unions and their members is an important, yet neglected, subjec... more ABSTRACT The relationship between unions and their members is an important, yet neglected, subject in recent studies of the sociology of work. This study develops and tests a theory of union satisfaction and participation that combines recent research in the sociology of work with previous explanations of union satisfaction and participation provided by industrial relations researchers, in an attempt to understand the relationship between unions, plants, jobs, and workers in U.S. manufacturing industries. This theory predicts that union members will be satisfied with their unions and participate more in them if there are extensive ties between workers, employers, and unions. These ties stem from the focus of labor/management relations in particular, and class struggles in general, on market outcomes and the historical linkage of union membership with employment in the United States. The theory also predicts that unions them-selves act as ties to specific work settings and that union participation is a forum for voicing dissatisfaction with specific characteristics of workers' jobs. Testing these predictions is complicated by contradictory nature of the structure and organization of work in advanced industrial societies. The analysis provides qualified support for this theory, with data drawn from more unions, plants, and union members than have been used to date. In addition to discussing modifications to the theory and analysis presented here, the study includes a discussion of its implications for the future of unionization and the organization of work, in light of declines in union membership, increased efforts to decertify unions and resist union organizing efforts, and deindustrialization in the United States.
Social Science Quarterly, 2008
... J. Craig Jenkins 1 ,; Kevin T. Leicht 2 ,; Arthur Jaynes 1. ... Some argue that high-technolo... more ... J. Craig Jenkins 1 ,; Kevin T. Leicht 2 ,; Arthur Jaynes 1. ... Some argue that high-technology development is an organic path-dependent process that cannot be significantly influenced by public policy (Kenney and von Burg, 2000; Cortright and Mayer, 2001, 2002). ...
Social Forces, 2002
ABSTRACT Social Forces 81.2 (2002) 669-671 Baldoz, Koeber, and Kraft attempt to give the sociolog... more ABSTRACT Social Forces 81.2 (2002) 669-671 Baldoz, Koeber, and Kraft attempt to give the sociology of the labor process a shot in the arm by focusing readers' attention on new and unconventional work arrangements. This edited volume is the product of a conference at SUNY-Binghamton in May 1998 titled "Work, Difference and Social Change," involving participants in critical reflections on the continued relevance of Harry Braverman's Labor andMonopoly Capital (25th anniversary edition, 1998). The overall quality of the contributions is outstanding and Baldoz, Koeber and Kraft deserve high marks for assembling work that will interest scholars and stimulate undergraduates and learned nonspecialists. The Critical Study of Work is global in scope. The reader is taken from direct-selling networks in Taiwan (Lan) to factories in Hungary and Russia (Burawoy) to supermarkets in Brazil and Quebec (Soares) to South African manufacturing and mining (Webster), globalized apparel manufacturing (Bonacich), and different varieties of computer hardware and software production (Chun, Sharpe, Mieksins, Whalley, and O'Riain). The essays are organized into four parts covering labor process theory, new research on service sector work, new research on industrial work, and research and reflections on high-technology work. The new insights from this book are many (too many to mention here), but they come from thoughtful scholars who have spent a good deal of their own working lives critically examining the labor process. The opening essays by Burawoy and Haydu provide critical and insightful reflections on the present state of labor process theory, and each essay calls for an expanded horizon of research on actually existing systems of production and the problematic class relationships these encompass. The essays in part 2 (by Glenn, Lan, and Soares) address service sector workers and highlight (in drastically different settings) the roles that racial and gender domination inside and outside of the workplace contribute to the globalized division of labor. Part 3 of the book returns to more familiar ground for labor process research (industrial production) and features essays by Chun, Bonacich, Rinehart, and Webster. Each essay highlights different ways that flexible despotism is manifested in work circumstances that belie the usual, stereotyped appearance of exploited immigrant women of color laboring in intense heat on assembly lines. Finally, in part 4 of the book, Sharpe, Meiksins, and Whalley, and O'Riain each deal with professional and technical work in globalized high technology production. This represents the "new frontier" of research in the sociology of work, and each of these essays highlights ways that struggles for control by managers and autonomy by workers has shaped software development and engineering. Though the essays are uniformly strong and of very high quality, several stand out for their unique and potentially important insights. Haydu problematizes the managerial project of workplace control, highlighting the problematic nature of intraclass relationships among employers. Burawoy's essay points to the contradictory nature of our labels for different systems of production and calls for comparisons between actually existing alternatives to the capitalist and state socialist labor process. Glenn's most innovative essay highlights how the globalization of production has led to an "international transference of mothering" as different parts of the world "produce" children and reproduce the labor force that the globalized market economy uses and exploits. Bonacich offers some practical ideas for community organizing that would hold corporate conglomerates more responsible for the labor processes among their subcontractors. Finally, Meiksins and Whalley lead us to question whether flexible production and subcontracting always represent a system thrust on the powerless by the powerful. Though all these essays reflect notable advancements in labor process research, there are a few issues that are unaddressed or overlooked that would have strengthened this already strong volume. I can only list these as important issues worthy of future research: (1) The authors pay very little attention to larger political contexts. As labor process research addresses globalization, the need to address politically what goes on outside the factory and office becomes all the more telling by its absence. (2) At...
Annual Review of Sociology, 2008
Group gaps research risks irrelevance because new forms of earnings inequality are increasing ine... more Group gaps research risks irrelevance because new forms of earnings inequality are increasing inequality within groups. This review attempts to stimulate more broad-ranging research on earnings inequality beyond the study of average gender and racial gaps. After reviewing some of the problems with research on average group gaps, I provide a brief review of more recent attempts to transcend traditional group gaps research, and I point to some areas where there is still substantive neglect. The review ends with suggestions for ways to correct these problems and for inequality researchers to reconnect with a commitment to more comprehensive theoretical models that interrogate multiple sources of inequality. 237 Click here for quick links to Annual Reviews content online, including: • Other articles in this volume • Top cited articles • Top downloaded articles • Our comprehensive search Further ANNUAL REVIEWS Annu. Rev. Sociol. 2008.34:237-255. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by University of Tartu on 06/17/11. For personal use only. 238 Leicht Annu. Rev. Sociol. 2008.34:237-255. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by University of Tartu on 06/17/11. For personal use only. www.annualreviews.org • Broken Down by Race and Gender 239 Annu. Rev. Sociol. 2008.34:237-255. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by University of Tartu on 06/17/11. For personal use only. www.annualreviews.org • Broken Down by Race and Gender 241 Annu. Rev. Sociol. 2008.34:237-255. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by University of Tartu on 06/17/11. For personal use only.
Sociological Analysis, 1984
Page 1. Religious Awakenings and Sources of Support for the New Religious Right* Charles L. Harpe... more Page 1. Religious Awakenings and Sources of Support for the New Religious Right* Charles L. Harper Creighton University Kevin Leicht Indiana University Sociological Analysis 1984, 45, 4:339-353 Status Politics: Explanations ...
ICPSR Data Holdings, 2000
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research, 2010
The study of politics and political phenomena is important for understanding a variety of questio... more The study of politics and political phenomena is important for understanding a variety of questions that are at the core of social science research, theorizing, and policy analysis. This collection by top scholars of politics is designed to provide a broad overview of the substantive, theoretical and methodological state of political research while focusing on key areas that deserve fresh
Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2003
Work and Occupations, 2000
ABSTRACT
Work and Occupations, 1993
Work and Occupations, 2004
culture wars thesis and applies it to an institutional arena that has received comparatively litt... more culture wars thesis and applies it to an institutional arena that has received comparatively little attention in the culture wars debate-the contemporary American workplace. The authors ask to what extent cultural divisions originating in four broad cultural domains (i.e., social equality, social freedom, multiculturalism, and gender equity) permeate the workplace and impact workers'views of the property rights of jobs. That is, do cultural values originating in the larger society affect workers'evaluations of managerial prerogative to make unilateral decisions in the best interests of the firm without regard to workers' claims to their jobs? Or, conversely, do such cultural values shape workers' sense of job entitlement that jobs should be protected in times of changing technology, declining demand for a firm's product, or other organizational and market imperatives? The authors use data from the Indiana Quality of Employment Survey to examine several hypotheses surrounding this debate. The results suggest that the relationship between cultural values and specific, work-based ideologies are more complicated than Hunter's original formulation might suggest; that is, there are complex and nonobvious relationships between these four domains of American cultural life and workers' views concerning job entitlement. These relationships are not significantly mediated by organizational and occupational characteristics normally associated with workplace attitudes. The results speak to broader debates about the role of structure and culture in the sociology of work and the complexity of the ideological landscape of American working life.
The Sociological Quarterly, 1993
Social Science Research, 1999
... 618633. Full Text via CrossRef. 28. BA Rubin, Inequality in the working class: The unanticip... more ... 618633. Full Text via CrossRef. 28. BA Rubin, Inequality in the working class: The unanticipated consequences of union organization and strikes. Industrial and Labor Relations Review 411 (1988), pp. 553556. Full Text via CrossRef. 29. ...
Social Problems, 1996
... a partnership between big business and organized labor (Ferguson and Ladd 1988; Osborne 1987;... more ... a partnership between big business and organized labor (Ferguson and Ladd 1988; Osborne 1987; Hill and Negrey 1985; Jackson ... state (Amenta and Carruthers 1988; Pavalko 1989), social spending (Hicks, Friedland, and Johnson 1978), corporate taxes (Jacobs 1987) and ...
Social Forces, 2006
... Some investments create equity shares in a private stock company or royalty claims against th... more ... Some investments create equity shares in a private stock company or royalty claims against the sales of particular products. Others are convertible into long-term bonds. ... Local SBIR programs chartered by state Page 9. Do High Technology Policies Work? 275 ...