David A Thomas

Biographic Data

ID3611208
NAMEDavid A Thomas
GIVEN NAMESDavid A
FAMILY NAMEThomas
SIGNATURETHOMAS D A
AFFILIATIONSHarvard University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS61
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1978
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX2

  • Commentary

    Open AccessJustin B Hollander, David Thomas et al.ARTICLEJournal of Planning Education and…2009References: 5

    This article reports on the use of Second Life in three urban planning and design courses. Second Life is one of the latest in a new breed of computer games based on the simultaneous use of virtual three-dimensional space by millions of users throughout the globe. The course instructors found that while the virtual planning studio can introduce real dangers to students and technological limitations exist, Second Life provides a heretofore unprece…

  • Cultural Diversity at Work

    Open AccessRobin J Ely, David A ThomasARTICLEAdministrative Science Quarterly2001

    This paper develops theory about the conditions under which cultural diversity enhances or detracts from work group functioning. From qualitative research in three culturally diverse organizations, we identified three different perspectives on workforce diversity: the integration-and-learning perspective, the access-and-legitimacy perspective, and the discrimination-and-fairness perspective. The perspective on diversity a work group held influenc…

  • Constellations and careers

    Open AccessMonica C Higgins, David A ThomasARTICLEJournal of Organizational Behavior2001Cited by: 24References: 15

    This paper examines the effects of individuals' primary and multiple developmental relationships in a longitudinal study of the careers of lawyers. By juxtaposing the effects of the primary developmental relationship with those of individuals' sets or ‘constellations’ of developmental relationships, the present study lends insight into if and when these two perspectives on mentoring yield different results regarding the effects of mentoring on pr…

  • The impact of race on managers' experiences of developmental relationships (mentoring and sponsorship)

    Open AccessDavid A ThomasARTICLEJournal of Organizational Behavior1990Cited by: 35References: 2

    This study examines the influence of race on protégés' experiences of forming developmental relationships. Data were collected from 88 black and 107 white managers, who, collectively, accounted for 487 developmental relationships. The results indicate that white protégés have almost no developmental relationships with persons of another race. Black protégés, however, form 63 per cent of their developmental relationships with whites. Blacks are mo…

  • Behavioral features of early reactivity

    Open AccessMichael Lewis, John Worobey et al.ARTICLENew Directions for Child and…1989

    An emergent literature suggests that procedures such as heelsticks and inoculations are acutely painful to infants and induce a stress response of sufficient magnitude to be useful in the study of individual differences in reactivity

  • Lucknow and Kanpur 1880‐1920

    David A ThomasARTICLESouth Asia Journal of South Asian…1982Cited by: 2References: 3

    (1982). Lucknow and Kanpur 1880‐1920: Stagnation and development under the Raj. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies: Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 68-80

  • Sociology and common sense

    David Thomas, David A ThomasARTICLEInquiry1978

    After a definition of ‘common sense’ it is argued that sociology and common sense both do and ought to interact with one another. Four positions on the sociology‐common sense relation in the light of the interaction thesis are then critically discussed: sociology must break with common sense; sociology must be based on common sense; sociology and common sense are incomparable; and sociology and common sense are identical. The first two of these p…