Stephen R. Barley Professor Management Science and Engineering Director, Center for Work, Technology, and Organization Office: Terman 422 | Phone: 650-723-9477 | Fax: 650-723-2826 Email: sbarley @ stanford.edu

PAPERS IN JOURNALS AND RESEARCH ANNALS

Barley, S. R. (2006) When I Write My Masterpiece: Thoughts on What Makes a Paper Interesting? Academy of Management Journal. 49: 16-20.

Barley, S. R. and G. Kunda (2005) Contracting: A New Form of Professional Practice. Academy of Management Perspective. 19:1-19.

Bailey, D. and S. R. Barley. (2005) “Return to Work: Toward a Post-Industrial Engineering.” IIE Transactions. 37: 1-16.

Evans, J., G. Kunda and S. R. Barley. (2004) “Beach Time, Bridge Time, and Billable Hours: The Temporal Structure of Technical Contracting.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 49: 1-38.

G. Kunda, S. R. Barley, and J. Evans. (2002) “Why do Contractors Contract? The Experience of Highly Skilled Technical Professionals in a Contingent Labor Market.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 55:234-261

Orlikowski, W. and S. R. Barley. (2001) “Technology and Institutions: What Information Systems Research and Organization Studies Can Learn from Each Other.” MIS Quarterly 25:145-165.

Barley, S. R. and G. Kunda. (2001) “Bringing Work Back In.” Organization Science 12:76-95.

Barr, D., P. Vergun and S. R. Barley. (2000) “Problems in Using Patient Satisfaction Data to Assess the Quality of Care of Primary Care Physicians.” Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management. 7:19-24.

Barley, S. R. (1999) “Computer-based distance education: why and why not.” The Education Digest. 65:55-9.

O’Mahony, S. and S. R. Barley. (1999) “Do Telecommunications Technologies Affect Work and Organizations? The State of our Knowledge” Pp. 125-161 in B. Staw and R. Sutton, (Eds) Research in Organizational Behavior, Volume 21, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

W. Kaghan, A. Strauss, S. R. Barley, M. Y. Brannan, R. Thomas. (1999) "The practice and uses of field research in the 21st century organization." Journal of Management Inquiry.

Barley, S. R. (1998) "Military Downsizing and the Career Prospects of Youth" Annals of the American Academy of Social and Political Sciences. 559: 141-157.

Barley, S. R. (1998) “What can we learn from the history of technology?” The Journal of Engineering and Technology Management. 15:237-255.

Nelsen, B. J. and S. R. Barley. (1997) "For love or money: Commodification and the construction of an occupational mandate." Administrative Science Quarterly, 42:619-653

Barley, S. R. and P. S. Tolbert. (1997) "Institutionalization and structuration: Studying the links between institutions and actions". Organization Studies, 18: 93-117.

Zabusky, S. E. and S. R. Barley. (1997) "You can't be a stone if you're cement: Re-evaluating the emic identities of scientists in organizations." Research in Organizational Behavior, 19: 361-404.

Barley, S. R. (1996) "Technicians in the workplace: Ethnographic evidence for bringing work into organization studies." Administrative Science Quarterly, 41:404-441.

Stern, R. N. and S. R. Barley. (1996) "Organizations and social systems: The neglected mandate." Administrative Science Quarterly, 41:146-162.

Barley, S. R. (1996) "Commentary on Pentland." Technology Studies. 2:89-92.

Barley, S. R. and B. Bechky. (1994) "In the backrooms of science: Notes on the work of science technicians." Work and Occupations. 21:85-126.

Barley, S. R. and G. Kunda. (1992) "Design and devotion: The ebb and flow of rational and normative ideologies of control in managerial discourse." Administrative Science Quarterly, 37:1-30.

Reprinted in Keith Grint (Ed) (2000) Work and Society: A Reader. Blackwell: Oxford, UK.

Barley, S. R. and D. K. Knight. (1991) "Toward a cultural theory of stress complaints." Pp. 1-48 in B. Staw and L. L. Cummings, (Eds) Research in Organizational Behavior. Volume 14. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Barley, S. R. (1990) "Images of imaging: Notes on doing longitudinal field work." Organization Science, 1:220-247.

Reprinted in G. Huber and A. Van De Ven (eds). (1995) Longitudinal Field Methods, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Barley, S. R. (1990) "The alignment of technology and structure through roles and networks." Administrative Science Quarterly, 35: 61-103.

Barley, S. R., G. Meyer and D. Gash. (1988) "Cultures of culture: Academics, practitioners, and the pragmatics of normative control." Administrative Science Quarterly. 33:24-60.

Reprinted in P. Frost and R. Stablein (eds) (1991) Exemplary Organizational Research. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage

Barley, S. R.  (1988) "Technology, power, and the social organi­zation of work: towards a pragmatic theory of skilling and deskilling."  Pp 33-80 in N. DiTomaso and S. Bacharach (Eds.) Research in the Sociology of Organiza­tions. Volume 6. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Reprinted in Frank Ackerman, et al. The Changing Nature of Work. Island Press. 1998.

Barley, S. R.  (1986) "Technology as an occasion for structuring: observations on CT scanners and the social order of radiology depart­ments."  Administrative Science Quarterly,  31:78‑108.

Barley, S. R.  (1986) "Changing roles in radiology."  Administrative Radiology, 5:32‑41. 

Barley, S. R. and L. K. Williams (1985) "Could a funny thing happen on the way to the office of the future?"  I.L.R. Report,  23:11‑21.

Van Maanen, J. and S. R. Barley (1984) "Occupational communities: Culture and control in organizations."  In B. M. Staw and L. L. Cummings (Eds.)  Research in Organizational Behavior, pp. 287‑365.  Volume 6.  Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Reprinted in B. Czarniawska (Ed.s) (2005) Organization Theory. Cheltenham, Eng: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Barley, S. R. (1983) "Semiotics and the study of occupational and organizational cultures."  Administrative Science Quarterly,  28:393‑413.

Reprinted in P. Frost, L. Moore, M. L. Louis, C. Lundberg, and J. Martin (eds.) (1991) Framing Organizational Cultures. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

Reprinted in C. L. Cooper (ed.) (1999) Classics in Management Thought. Cheltenham, Glos, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.

Barley, S. R. (1983) "Codes of the dead: the semiotics of funeral work."  Urban Life, 12: 3-31. 

PAPERS IN BOOKS 

Barley, S. R. and G. Kunda.  (2006)  Itinerant Experts.  In J. O’Toole and E. Lawler, Eds.   New American Workplace: Resource Papers For Work In America, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Forthcoming.

Barley, S. R. (2005) What We Know (and Mostly Don’t Know) about Technical Work.  In Stephen Ackroyd, Rosemary Batt, Paul Thompson and Pamela Tolbert eds.  The Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization.  Oxford University Press: Oxford, Eng.

S.R. Barley (2004) Puddle Jumping as a Career Strategy.  In R. Stablien and P. Frost. Eds.  Renewing Research Practice: Lessons from Scholar’s Journeys.  Stanford University Press: Stanford, CA.

Barley, S. R.  (2002)  Foreword.   Pp. ix-xii in Peter Meiksins and Peter Whalley, Putting Work in Its Place: A Quiet Revolution.  Cornell University Press: Ithaca, New York.

Barley, S. R. (1999)   Competence without Credentials: The Promise and Potential Problems of Computer-Based Distance Learning.”  Pp. 5-13 in  Nevzer Stacey (ed) Competence without Credentials.   U.S. Department of Education.  Washington, D. C.

Barley, S. R..  (1997)  Forward.  Pp. ix-xv in Leslie Perlow, Finding Time. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press.

Barley, S. R. and Julian Orr.  (1997)  "The neglected workforce: An introduction."  Pp. 1-19 in S.  Barley and J. Orr (ed.)  Between Craft and Science: Technical Work in U.S. Settings.  Ithaca, NY: ILR Press.

Whalley, P. and S. R. Barley (1996)  "Technical work and the division of labor: Stalking the wily anomaly."  Pp. 20-52 in S.  Barley and J. Orr (ed.)  Between Craft and Science: Technical Work in U.S. Settings.  Ithaca, NY: ILR Press.

Barley, S. R.  (1996)   Preface.  In J. Orr, Talking about Machines: An Ethnography of a Modern Job.  Ithaca, NY: ILR Press.

Zabusky, S. E. and S. R. Barley.  (1996)  "Redefining success:  Ethnographic observations on the careers of technicians." Pp. 185-214 in Paul Osterman (ed.)  Broken Ladders: Managerial Careers in Transition.  Oxford, Eng: Oxford University Press.

Barley, S. R. (1996) Sections on "Culture," "Structuration," and "Ethnography" in Nigel Nicholson, (ed.)  Dictionary of Organizational Behavior.  London: Basil Blackwell.

Barley, S. R., J. Freeman, and R. Hybels  (1992)  "Strategic alliances in commercial biotechnology."  Pp 311-345 in N. Norhia and R. G. Eccles (Eds),  Networks and Organizations: Structure, Form and Action.  Boston: Harvard Business School Press.

Meyer, G., S. R. Barley, and D. Gash (1991)  "Obsession and naivete in upstate New York: A Tale of research."  Pp. 22-35 in P. Frost and R. Stablein (eds)  Exemplary Organizational Research.  Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

Barley, S. R. and P. S. Tolbert.  (1991)   "At the intersection of organizations and occupations."   Pp 1-15 in P. Tolbert and S. R. Barley (eds), Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Organizations and Professions, Volume 7.  Greenwich, CT:  JAI Press.

Barley, S. R.  (1991)  "Contextualizing conflict: Notes on the anthropology of disputes and negotiations."  Pp 165-199 in M. Bazerman, B. Sheppard, and R. Lewicki, (eds)  Research on Negotiations in Organizations.  Volume 3.  Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Freeman, J. and S. R. Barley.  (1990)  "The strategic analysis of inter-organizational relations in biotechnology."  Pp 127-155 in R. Loveridge and M. Pitt (eds.)  The Strategic Management of Technological Innovation.  New York: Wiley.

Hybels, R. and S. R. Barley.  (1990)  "Co-optation and the legitimation of professional identities: human resource policies in high technology firms."  Pp. 199-213 in L. R. Gomez-Mejia and M. Lawless (eds.) Organizational Issues in High Technology Management.  Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Barley, S. R.  (1989)  "Careers, identities, and institutions: the legacy of the Chicago School of Sociology."  Pp 41-65 in M. Arthur, T. Hall and B. Lawrence (Eds.)  The Handbook of Career Theory.  Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press.

Reprinted in K. Bradley (series editor) (1994) Career Development.  International Library of Management, Dartmouth Publishing Co: Hampshire, Eng.

Barley, S. R.  (1988)   "The social construction of a machine: Ritual, superstition, magical thinking and other pragmatic responses to running a CT scanner."  Pp 497-539 in M. Lock and D. Gordon (eds.)  Biomedicine Examined. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Barley, S. R.  (1988)  "On technology, time, and social order: Technically induced change in the temporal organization of radiological work."  Pp 123-169 in F. A. Dubinskas (ed.)  Making Time: Ethnographies of High Technology Organizations. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.

Van Maanen, J. and S. R. Barley.  (1985)  "Cultural organization: Fragments of a theory."  In P. Frost et al. (Eds)  Organizational Culture, pp. 31-54.  Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publishing Co. 
 

BOOKS and MONOGRAPHS 

Barley, S. R. and Kunda, G.  (2004)  Gurus, Hired Guns and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Kochan, T. A., Barley, S. R. et al.  (1999) The Changing Nature of Work and Its Implications for Occupational Analysis.  National Research Council: Washington, D.C.

Barley, S. R. and J. Orr. (Eds)  (1997).   Between Craft and Science: Technical Work in the United States.  Ithaca, NY: ILR Press.

Barley, S. R.  (1996).  The New World of Work.  Washington, D.C.:  National Planning Association.

Tolbert, P. S.  and S. R. Barley (Eds).  (1991)  Professions and Organizations.  Special edition of Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Organizations and Professions.  Volume 8.  Greenwich, CT: JAI Press. 
 

TECHNICAL REPORTS 

Barley S. R. et al.  (2000)  Mobility Among Sun Employees.  Report on research conducted for the Workplace Effectiveness Group, Sun Microsystems.

Barley, S. R.  (1998) “The Professional and Technical Labor Force.”  Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance-Occupational Analysis.  National Research Council.  Washington, D.C.

Barley, S. R.,  Hofstader, R. and Chapman, K.  (1997)  "Skill Standards in Context: Models of Technician's Work."  Pp. 13-25 in R. Hofstader and K. Chapman, Foundations for Excellence in the Chemical Process Industries: Voluntary Industry Standards for Chemical Process Industries Technical Workers.  American Chemical Society: Washington, D.C.

Barley, S. R. and B. J. Nelsen.  (1995)   The Nature and Implications of Infrastructural Technological Change for the Social Organization of Work.  Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States, Washington D.C.