William Finlay
Publications


(a) BOOKS:

2009    Vallas, Steven Peter, William Finlay, and Amy S. Wharton.  The Sociology of Work: Structures and Inequalities.  New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

2002    Finlay, William and James E. Coverdill.  Headhunters: Matchmaking in the Labor Market.  Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.  (Paperback edition with a new Afterword published in 2007.)

1988    Finlay, William.  Work on the Waterfront:  Worker Power and Technological Change in a West Coast Port.  Philadelphia, PA:  Temple University Press.

(b) CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:

2006    Desmet, Christy, Robert Cummings, Alexis Hart, and William Finlay. “Pedagogical Performances in the Online Writing Class.”  Pp. 21-45 in Role Play: Essays on Distance Education, edited by Jonathan Alexander and Marcia Dickson.  Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

(c) ARTICLES:

2006    Coverdill, James E., William Finlay, Gina L. Adrales, John D. Mellinger, Kimberly D. Anderson, Bruce W. Bonnell, Joseph B. Cofer, Douglas B. Dorner,
Carl Haisch, Kristi L. Harold, Paula M. Termuhlen, and Alexandra L. B. Webb. "Duty-Hour Restrictions and the Work of Surgical Faculty: Results of a Multi-Institutional Study." Academic Medicine 81: 50-56.

2006    Coverdill, James E., Gina L. Adrales, William Finlay, John D. Mellinger, Kimberly D. Anderson, Bruce W. Bonnell, Joseph B. Cofer, Douglas B. Dorner,
Carl Haisch, Kristi L. Harold, Paula M. Termuhlen, Alexandra L. B. Webb. "How Surgical Faculty and Residents Assess the First Year of the ACGME
Duty-Hour Restrictions: Results of a Multi-Institutional Study
." American Journal of Surgery 191: 11-16.

2005    Mears, Ashley and William Finlay. “Not Just a Paper Doll: How Models Manage Bodily Capital and Why They Perform Emotional Labor.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 34 (June): 317-343. Reprinted in Kathleen J. Ferraro, Women’s Lives (Allyn and Bacon, 2008) and in Peter Adler and Patricia Adler (eds.), Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in Introductory Sociology (Wadsworth Cengage, 2009).

2004    Finlay, William,  Christy Desmet, and Lorraine Evans. “Is it the Technology or the Teacher? A Comparison of Online and Traditional English Composition Classes.” Journal of Educational Computing Research, 31 (2): 163-180.

2000    Finlay, William and James E. Coverdill.  "Risk, Opportunism, and Structural Holes: How Headhunters Manage Clients and Earn Fees." Work and Occupations, 27 (August): 377-405.

1999    Priessle, Judith Linda Grant, Josephine Beoku-Betts, William Finlay, and Gary Alan Fine. "Fieldwork in Familiar Places: The UGA Workshop in Fieldwork Methods."  Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 30 (Spring): 238-248.

1999    Finlay, William and James E. Coverdill. "The Search Game:  Organizational Conflicts and the Use of Headhunters.” The Sociological Quarterly, 40 (Winter): 11-30.

1998    Coverdill, James E. and William Finlay. "Fit and Skill in Employee Selection: Insights from a Study of Headhunters." Qualitative Sociology, 21 (Spring): 105-127.

1995    Coverdill, James E. and William Finlay.  "Understanding Mills via Mill Type Methods: An Application of Qualitative Comparative Analysis to a Study of Labor Management in Southern Textile Manufacturing."  Qualitative Sociology, 18 (Winter): 457-478.

1995    Finlay, William Jack K. Martin, Paul M. Roman, and Terry C. Blum. "Organizational Structure and Job Satisfaction: Do Bureaucratic Organizations Produce More Satisfied Employees?" Administration & Society, 27 (November): 427-450.

1994    Finlay, William and Jack K. Martin. "What Do Employers Want and Why?  A Comparative Analysis of Hiring Practices in Textile and Electrical Plants." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 13: 147-173.

1994    Coverdill, James E., William Finlay, and Jack K. Martin.  "Labor Management in the Southern Textile Industry: Comparing Qualitative, Quantitative, and Qualitative-Comparative Analyses." Sociological Methods and Research, 23 (August): 54-85.

1993    Finlay, William.  "Culture as Control: Work and Self in Modern Organizations."  Qualitative Sociology, 16 (Winter): 445-453.

1991    Finlay, William, Elizabeth J. Mutran, Rodney R. Zeitler, and Christina S. Randall. "Experience, Attitudes, and Plans: Determinants of the Productivity of Medical Residents in a Primary Care Clinic."  Work and Occupations, 18 (November): 447-458.

1990     Finlay, William and Matthew J. Clarke.  "New Technology and the Modern Workplace: The Prospects for Industrial Accord." Economic Development Quarterly, 4 (November): 383-391.

1990    Finlay, William, Elizabeth J. Mutran, Rodney R. Zeitler, and Christina S. Randall.  "Queues and Care:  How Medical Residents Organize their Work in a Busy Clinic."  Journal of Health and Social Behavior," 31 (September): 292-305.

1990    Finlay, William. "Hoarding and Fragmenting: The Politics of Job  Classification in Two Work Settings." The Sociological Quarterly, 31 (Fall): 389-402.

1990    Finlay, William Elizabeth J. Mutran, Rodney R. Zeitler, and Christina S. Randall.  "Patient Age, Visit Purpose, and the Ordering of Consultations in a Primary Care Clinic."  Journal of Aging and Health, 2 (May): 261-281.

1988    Finlay, William. "Commitment and the Company: Manager-Worker Relations in the Absence of Internal Labor Markets." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 7: 163-187.

1987     Finlay, William.  "Industrial Relations and Firm Behavior: Informal Labor Practices in the West Coast Longshore Industry." Administrative Science Quarterly, 32 (March): 49-67.

1986     Schroeder, Sandra J. and William Finlay.  "Internal Labor Markets, Professional Domination, and Gender: A Comparison of Laboratory Employees in Hospitals and Chemical/Oil Firms." Social Science Quarterly, 67 (December):  827-840.

1983      Finlay, William.  "One Occupation, Two Labor Markets: The Case of Longshore Crane Operators." American Sociological Review, 48 (June): 306-315.

1982      Finlay, William.  "Workers' Control and Control of Workers: The Case of West Coast Longshoremen." The Insurgent Sociologist, 11 (Spring):  51-61.


(d) Book Reviews:

2009    Review of Getting the Goods: Ports, Labor, and the Logistics Revolution (Edna Bonacich and Jake B. Wilson). Contemporary Sociology. 38 (January).

2002    Review of Dignity at Work (Randy Hodson).  Industrial & Labor Relations Review.  56 (October).

2001    Review of Manufacturing Advantage: Why High-Performance Work Systems Pay Off (Eileen Appelbaum, Thomas Bailey, Peter Berg, and Arne L. Kalleberg).  Administrative Science Quarterly, 46 (December).

2000    Review of Organizational Participation: Myth and Reality (Frank Heller, Eugen Pusic, George Strauss, and Bernhard Wilpert).  Administrative Science Quarterly, 45 (September).

1997    Review of The Ownership of Enterprise (Henry Hansmann).  Contemporary Sociology, 26 (November).

1996    "Inside ESA."  Review of Launching Europe: An Ethnography of European Cooperation in Space Science (Stacia E. Zabusky).  Science, 272 (April 12).

1996    Review of The Union Makes Us Strong: Radical Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront (David Wellman).  Contemporary Sociology, 25 (March).

1995    Review of Labor and Politics in the U.S. Postal Service (Vern K. Baxter). Work and Occupations, 22 (November).

1993    Review of Getting Work:  Philadelphia, 1840-1950 (Walter Licht). American Journal of Sociology, 99 (September).

1992    Review of Dishing it Out:  Waitresses and Their Unions in the Twentieth Century (Dorothy Sue Cobble).  American Journal of Sociology, 98 (September).

1992    Review of The American Merchant Seaman and His Industry:  Struggle and Stigma (Craig J. Forsyth).  Contemporary Sociology, 21 (May).

1992    Review of Hanging by a Thread:  Social Change in Southern Textiles (Jeffrey Leiter, Michael D. Shulman, and Rhonda Zingraff, editors). Contemporary Sociology, 21 (March).

1991    "Revelations Reassessed."  Review of Manufacturing Knowledge (Richard Gillespie).  Science, 254 (December 20).

1989      Review of Workers on the Waterfront (Bruce Nelson).  Contemporary Sociology, 18 (May).

1989      Review of Sociology of Occupations and Professions (Ronald M. Pavalko).  Teaching Sociology, 17 (April).

1989      Review of Decisions in Organizations (Frank Heller, Pieter Drenth, Paul Koopman, and Veljko Rus).  Contemporary Sociology, 18 (March).

1988      "Responses to Automation."  Review of Workers, Managers, and Technological Change (Daniel B. Cornfield, editor).  Science, 240 (May 20).

1987       Review of Challenges and Choices Facing American Labor (Thomas A. Kochan, editor). Work & Occupations, 14 (February).

1986       Review of The Miners of Decazeville (Donald Reid). Contemporary Sociology, 15 (September).

1986       Review of Chaos on the Shop Floor (Tom Juravich). Contemporary Sociology, 15 (July).

1984       Review of The Social Organization of Industrial Conflict (P. K. Edwards and Hugh Scullion). Contemporary Sociology, 13 (July)


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