Although sociologists have written extensively on the broad
subject of occupational careers, generally they have referred only
incidentally to organizational careers within work organizations.
In this pioneering sourcebook, now considered a classic, Glaser
gathered from the literature of occupational sociology those
studies that bear most directly on organizational careers. His
objective was to provide the first survey of the substantial body
of data on the subject and to place this data in a framework that
illustrates its significance for the development of theory.
In an extensive introduction, the editor explains the several
purposes of the book and describes in detail the process of
comparative analysis through which sociological theory on
organizational careers can be generated. Organized around general
themes such as recruitment, motivation, commitment, mobility, and
succession, the writings of prominent sociologists--including
Riesman, Caplow, Hughes, Becker, and Wilensky--form the content of
the book and systematically cover every important facet of
organizational careers. The editor's introductions to each section
of the book alert the reader to the general phenomena--such as
processes, conditions, categories, hypotheses, and properties--that
crosscut and are generally relevant to all organizational careers
and are, therefore, the raw material of theory. These introductions
also suggest questions and problems for further analysis and
research.
This book as a whole stands as a demonstration of the
contributors' method of how the sociologist, working from the data
of research, can generate grounded, formal theory on this or any
social phenomenon. This book also presents a vital body of data on
organizational careers and a guide to further research that will be
of great use both to occupational sociologists and to all those
involved in the study of organizations.
"Barney G. Glaser" is the founder of the Grounded Theory
Institute in Mill Valley, California, and has also been a research
sociologist at the University of California Medical Center, San
Francisco. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including
"The Grounded Theory Perspective II, Experts versus Laymen, Time
for Dying," and "The Discovery of Grounded Theory."
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