Michael Useem
Biographic Data
| ID | 167342 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Useem |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Useem |
| SIGNATURE | USEEM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 56 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 521 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 56 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Leadership Dispatches: Chile's Extraordinary Comeback from Disaster
Through an account of Chile's remarkable recovery after a catastrophic earthquake in 2010, this book unearths a set of leadership principles that are relevant to anyone at the helm of public or private organizations facing risk. Leadership Dispatches is at once the story of nation that shifted into high gear after a major disaster, and an instructive guide for leaders coping with increasingly widespread and menacing crises
Cultural Property and Public Policy: Emerging Tensions in Government Support for the Arts
The arts in class reproduction
This chapter provides a brief overview of the role of high culture in the reproduction of the class structure from generation to generation. Social class stability depends on, first, general acceptance of the propriety of the class hierarchy and, second, on the effective placement and socialization of youth into the system. In addition to maintaining solidarity, adherence to a shared status culture is used as a basis for the allocation of scarce …
Conductive graphene oxide hydrogels reduced and bridged by l -cysteine to support cell adhesion and growth
l -Cysteine reduces and bridges graphene oxide into a network, yielding conductive hydrogels nicely supporting cell adhesion and growth.
Investor Capitalism
A majority of the shares of publicly traded companies in the united states are now held by institutional investors, and shares are increasingly held by professional money managers in many other countries as well. Institutional owners are more demanding, more international, and they exercise more influence on company leadership than individual shareholders. An era of managerial capitalism is being eclipsed by that of investor capitalism in the uni…
Stockholders' Ownership and Control
Change at Work
Change at Work
This book illuminates what is really happening in the American workplace. The contributors explain how the widespread restructuring of American firms--usually resulting in a reduction of the workforce to cut costs--has had a profound impact on the lives of workers. The book explains how the new relationship requires high skill levels, but does not provide training for them. Workers themselves now must take charge of their personal development ins…
The Alliance Revolution: The New Shape of Business Rivalry
Reaching Corporate Executives
Executive defense: Shareholder Power and Corporate Reorganization
"A quiet revolution came to corporate America during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Large shareholders - pension funds, insurance companies, money managers, and commercial banks - exercised new-found muscle, pressuring senior managers to improve disappointing financial results by reshaping their organizations. Michael Useem reveals how those investor pressures have transformed the inside structures of many corporations, better aligning them with…
Variations in trusteeship: Cases from Boston and Cleveland, 1925-1985
Case studies suggest that important changes in the composition and structure of boards of trustees of non-profit organisations have occurred in recent decades. The nature of these changes, and how they may vary across industry and locale, are not well documented. This pilot study compares changes in structure and board membership of three elite non-profit organisations in two cities at three points in time: 1925, 1955 and 1985. This study focuses…
Transforming Organizations
New Models, but Where's the Process
Corporate funding of the arts in a turbulent environment
Focusing on funding in culture and the arts, the author identifies a distinctive logic of company support for nonprofit organizations. Business giving is increasingly disciplined around company objectives, giving levels are driven by pretax earnings, and giving decisions are the province of managers who draw advice less from the arts community or public agencies than from other companies. At best, turbulence in government funding has modest effec…
Liberal Education and the Corporation: The Hiring and Advancement of College Graduates
Liberal Education and the Corporation: The Hiring and Advancement of College Graduates
Business restructuring, management control, and corporate organization
The Revolt of the Corporate Owners and the Demobilization of Business Political Action
After half a century of consolidation, managerial control of many large corporations came under increasing attack during the 1980s. Spearheaded by management buyouts and hostile takeovers, ownership groups and interests came to exercise greater influence on company policies and practices. Drawing on a range of sources, this article argues that the reemergence of ownership power and the demand for enhanced shareholder value is redirecting company …
Pathways to Top Corporate Management
With college attendance approaching universality among senior managers in large American corporations, the issue of the impact of distinctions within the system of higher education in providing access to these positions has become increasingly salient. This study, based on data on the education, social backgrounds, and careers of 2,729 senior managers associated with 208 major corporations, analyzes the relationship between stratification within …
The Corporate Elite: Dog-eat-dog or Birds-of-a-feather
The inner circle: Large corporations and the rise of business political activity in the U.S. and the U.K
Business and politics in the United States and United Kingdom: The origins of heightened political activity of large corporations during the 1970s and early 1980s
Apocalypse Tomorrow
Public Culture and the Public: A Review Article
The Social Organization of the American Business Elite and Participation of Corporation Directors in the Governance of American Institutions
Recent analysis suggests that the American business elite is differentiated along an axis. At one end of the axis are those business people who are primary owners or top managers of several major corporations, collectively labeled the inner group, while at the other end are those who are connected with only a single major corporation. It is reasoned that, by virtue of their multiple corporate connections and the resulting transcendence of parochi…
Social class and arts consumption: The origins and consequences of class differences in exposure to the arts in America
Pathways to Top Corporate Management
With college attendance approaching universality among senior managers in large American corporations, the issue of the impact of distinctions within the system of higher education in providing access to these positions has become increasingly salient. This study, based on data on the education, social backgrounds, and careers of 2,729 senior managers associated with 208 major corporations, analyzes the relationship between stratification within …
The Inner Group of the American Capitalist Class
The American capitalist class is hypothesized to differ along an axis of inner group centrality, defined as the span of influence over major business firms. Those who serve as corporate executives and sit on boards of directors of several large corporations are at the center of the inner group, while businessmen who oversee only a single large firm are on the periphery. One expects inner group members to be disproportionately recruited from among…
Corporations and the Corporate Elite
the role of business. In this review, attention is generally restricted to the largest corporations and their corporate elite. At present there are more than two million business enterprises in the US, and nearly all are very small; in 1973, for instance, nine out often companies commanded assets of $1 million or less. Despite their large numbers, however, even in the aggregate these small companies are dwarfed in economic significance by the sev…
Cultural Democracy in a Period of Cultural Expansion: The Social Composition of Arts Audiences in the United States
Students of American society, from the times of Tocqueville and Veblen, have been concerned with the social role of high culture in a democracy. The debate over the extent and consequences of elite dominance of the arts constituency has been intensified in recent years by the rise of government support for the arts. Little is known about the social composition of the arts constituency. Drawing on 268 largely unpublished studies of visitors to mus…
State Production of Social Knowledge: Patterns in Government Financing of Academic Social Research
Which Business Leaders Help Govern
Government Influence on the Social Science Paradigm
A scientific paradigm includes a set of widely shared understandings that specify a discipline's research methodologies and substantive priorities. The impact of government sponsorship of academic social research on the paradigms of four social science disciplines is evaluated using a probability sample of 1,079 faculty members in the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, and psychology. The results indicate that federal governmen…
The Dominant Segment of the British Business Elite
Defining the business elite to consist of the directors of approximately one thousand of the largest British companies, it is proposed that those who serve simultaneously on two or more of these boards constitute a distinct class segment. Because the interlocking-directorship network that is the foundation of this segment overarches nearly all large firms, and because its members have an exceptional span of experience and influence in corporate m…
Business and politics in the United States and United Kingdom: The origins of heightened political activity of large corporations during the 1970s and early 1980s
Government Legitimacy and Political Stability
It is generally assumed that widespread public confidence in the government is essential for political stability in the U.S. and other advanced capitalist democracies. This legitimacy-stability thesis implies that individuals with little confidence in the government would be particularly prone to support political protest. However, theoretical and empirical considerations suggest that this thesis must be revised to include a third, interacting fa…
Privilege and domination: The role of the upper class in American higher education
Majority Involvement in Minority Movements: Civil Rights, Abolition, Untouchability 1
Social movements seeking to change the subordinate status of ethnic minorities have drawn activists from both the minority and dominant groups. Conflict has at times developed between movement members of these two groups. In a comparative analysis of three movements—the civil rights movement, the anti‐slavery cause in the U.S., and the movement to abolish Untouchability in India—the sources of tension appear quite similar. Ideologically, minority…
Variations in trusteeship: Cases from Boston and Cleveland, 1925-1985
Case studies suggest that important changes in the composition and structure of boards of trustees of non-profit organisations have occurred in recent decades. The nature of these changes, and how they may vary across industry and locale, are not well documented. This pilot study compares changes in structure and board membership of three elite non-profit organisations in two cities at three points in time: 1925, 1955 and 1985. This study focuses…
Ideological and Interpersonal Change in the Radical Protest Movement
The social organization necessary for a cohesive and effective radical protest movement may create considerable political and social distance between the movement and its recruitment base. However, if attempts at expanding membership do succeed, a large influx of new people has the potential for undermining the radical character of the movement unless processes are present which lead to political socialization and social incorporation. Should the…
Liberal Education and the Corporation: The Hiring and Advancement of College Graduates
Business restructuring, management control, and corporate organization
Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life
Business Segments and Corporate Relations with U. S. Universities
It is generally assumed that business derives important benefits from higher education and provides financial support in return. This presumes that business is relatively undifferentiated, and that corporate relations with universities are largely uniform. Using data on the governing boards and characteristics of 341 colleges and universities selected through a national sample, I show that what is called the “dominant stratum” of business, rather…
An Example of Evaluation Research as a Cottage Industry: The Technical Quality and Impact of Arts Audience Studies
Research resources are likely to be critical determinants of the technical quality of nongovernmental evaluation research, and quality in turn may affect the utility of the research. It is hypothesized that technical quality is a function of (1) the principal investigator's research background (prior research experience and formal training), (2) the study's financial resources, and (3) the study's institutional setting (the type of organization h…
Class and Corporate Relations with the Private College System
Government Patronage of Science and Art in America
Available evidence marshalled by Useem suggests that natural science, social science, and art have been directly subsidized by the government for quite different reasons. He suggests that the long-term impact of this patronage is to reshape culture production to more nearly fit the needs of government
Government Mobilization of Academic Social Research
The Revolt of the Corporate Owners and the Demobilization of Business Political Action
After half a century of consolidation, managerial control of many large corporations came under increasing attack during the 1980s. Spearheaded by management buyouts and hostile takeovers, ownership groups and interests came to exercise greater influence on company policies and practices. Drawing on a range of sources, this article argues that the reemergence of ownership power and the demand for enhanced shareholder value is redirecting company …
Sociological Theories in Progress. Vol. I
Majority Involvement in Minority Movements: Civil Rights, Abolition, Untouchability 1
Social movements seeking to change the subordinate status of ethnic minorities have drawn activists from both the minority and dominant groups. Conflict has at times developed between movement members of these two groups. In a comparative analysis of three movements—the civil rights movement, the anti‐slavery cause in the U.S., and the movement to abolish Untouchability in India—the sources of tension appear quite similar. Ideologically, minority…
Ideological and Interpersonal Change in the Radical Protest Movement
The social organization necessary for a cohesive and effective radical protest movement may create considerable political and social distance between the movement and its recruitment base. However, if attempts at expanding membership do succeed, a large influx of new people has the potential for undermining the radical character of the movement unless processes are present which lead to political socialization and social incorporation. Should the…
Conscription, Protest, and Social Conflict: The Life and Death of a Draft Resistance Movement
Privilege and domination: The role of the upper class in American higher education
Conscription Protest and Social Conflict: The Life and Death of a Draft Resistance Movement
Protest Movements in America
The Education Establishment
Dissent Denied: The Technocratic Response to Protest
Social Change: Explorations, Diagnoses, and Conjectures
Dynamics of Idealism: White Activists in a Black Movement. N. J. Demerath III , Gerald Marwell , Michael T. Aiken
Government Mobilization of Academic Social Research
State Production of Social Knowledge: Patterns in Government Financing of Academic Social Research
Class and Corporate Relations with the Private College System
Government Patronage of Science and Art in America
Available evidence marshalled by Useem suggests that natural science, social science, and art have been directly subsidized by the government for quite different reasons. He suggests that the long-term impact of this patronage is to reshape culture production to more nearly fit the needs of government
Government Influence on the Social Science Paradigm
A scientific paradigm includes a set of widely shared understandings that specify a discipline's research methodologies and substantive priorities. The impact of government sponsorship of academic social research on the paradigms of four social science disciplines is evaluated using a probability sample of 1,079 faculty members in the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, and psychology. The results indicate that federal governmen…
Ethics and Profits: The Crisis of Confidence in American Business
Stress and Contradiction in Modern Capitalism: Public Policy and the Theory of the State
Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life
Cultural Democracy in a Period of Cultural Expansion: The Social Composition of Arts Audiences in the United States
Students of American society, from the times of Tocqueville and Veblen, have been concerned with the social role of high culture in a democracy. The debate over the extent and consequences of elite dominance of the arts constituency has been intensified in recent years by the rise of government support for the arts. Little is known about the social composition of the arts constituency. Drawing on 268 largely unpublished studies of visitors to mus…
The Inner Group of the American Capitalist Class
The American capitalist class is hypothesized to differ along an axis of inner group centrality, defined as the span of influence over major business firms. Those who serve as corporate executives and sit on boards of directors of several large corporations are at the center of the inner group, while businessmen who oversee only a single large firm are on the periphery. One expects inner group members to be disproportionately recruited from among…
An Example of Evaluation Research as a Cottage Industry: The Technical Quality and Impact of Arts Audience Studies
Research resources are likely to be critical determinants of the technical quality of nongovernmental evaluation research, and quality in turn may affect the utility of the research. It is hypothesized that technical quality is a function of (1) the principal investigator's research background (prior research experience and formal training), (2) the study's financial resources, and (3) the study's institutional setting (the type of organization h…
Social class and arts consumption: The origins and consequences of class differences in exposure to the arts in America
Decentralized Applied Research: Factors Affecting the Use of Audience Research by Arts Organizations
Little empirical work has estimated the actual importance of factors said to affect the extent to which applied social research is utilized by client organizations. To identify the salience of various factors in facilitating or inhibiting the use of applied research, we have examined the application of one form of research in one decentralized setting-the utilization of audience studies by arts organizations. Drawing on the findings of 25 intensi…
The Social Organization of the American Business Elite and Participation of Corporation Directors in the Governance of American Institutions
Recent analysis suggests that the American business elite is differentiated along an axis. At one end of the axis are those business people who are primary owners or top managers of several major corporations, collectively labeled the inner group, while at the other end are those who are connected with only a single major corporation. It is reasoned that, by virtue of their multiple corporate connections and the resulting transcendence of parochi…
Political science (45 works) · Law (30 works) · Sociology (28 works) · Business (22 works) · Economics (21 works) · Politics (19 works) · Law (12 works) · Political economy (12 works) · Management (11 works) · Public relations (11 works)