Chapter 6 Organizations and labor markets
Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970–2000
ISBN: 978-1-84950-930-5, eISBN: 978-1-84950-931-2
Publication date: 25 March 2010
Abstract
The 1980s and 1990s at Stanford University were a uniquely productive era for research on organizations and labor markets. I describe three important, interconnected themes that characterize the research on organizations and labor markets that emerged from Stanford during this era: the central role of the firm in a multi-level system that determines labor market outcomes, the role of institutions in both creating and constraining labor market outcomes, and the dynamic, often unexpected, consequences of labor market outcomes. I describe the genesis and development of each theme and conclude by discussing what lessons can be learned from this era about creating an innovative and productive research culture.
Citation
Davis-Blake, A. (2010), "Chapter 6 Organizations and labor markets", Bird Schoonhoven, C. and Dobbin, F. (Ed.) Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970–2000 (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 28), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 97-117. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X(2010)0000028010
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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