Jill Ann Harrison
Biographic Data
| ID | 3632154 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jill Ann Harrison |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jill Ann |
| FAMILY NAME | Harrison |
| SIGNATURE | HARRISON J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oregon |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Roots or recreation: Staying in place after a wildfire disaster
Workplace tentativity: Biophysical environmental impacts on outdoor work
Drawing from data gathered for two ethnographic case studies within the U.S. Forest Service, we develop the concept of workplace tentativity to describe the ways that the biophysical environment influences organizational workplace routines. We find that outdoor labor, routines, and plans adjust to biophysical change and uncertainty, and we examine the resulting organizational and micro-interactional dynamics when such instances occur. Under condi…
City on the Edge: Hard Choices in the American Rust Belt
Down Here We Rely on Fishing and Oil”: Work Identity and Fishers’ Responses to the BP Oil Spill Disaster
Survey research on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has documented both short-term and longer term effects of the spill and chemical agents on physical, mental, and environmental health, but less is known about how individuals living in and around affected areas make sense of the oil spill disaster. Prior research on disaster describes how people make sense of these events through social, political, and relational processes, yet have not explored …
Working for Respect: Community and Conflict at Walmart
Walmart has long been the hardest of anti-union eggs to crack. In their new book, Adam Reich and Peter Bearman set out to better understand the problems and possibilities associated with organizing Walmart workers. Using a rich blend of methods, the authors focus on the ways that people make sense of their work, what they feel about their working conditions, and the social and institutional contexts that structure these perceptions and experience…
Rust Belt Boomerang: The Pull of Place in Moving Back to a Legacy City
Research and journalistic accounts on the Rust Belt consistently focus on population decline and its consequences. As a result, we know little about the growing trend of return migration of young professionals and knowledge workers to the region. Why have these individuals chosen to return to a place that they once left? I answer this question using in–depth interviews with young professionals who have moved back to Youngstown, Ohio. Results indi…
Rethinking Organizational Decoupling: Fields, Power Struggles, and Work Routines
Neoinstitutionalists have long recognized that organizations must negotiate complex organizational fields to survive. Yet, this ever-sharpening focus on external environments comes at the expense of attending to how micro-level dynamics facilitate or inhibit organizational survival. In this article, and building on insights from research focusing on shop-floor contestation, we reexamine decoupling—that is, possible divergence of formal procedures…
Buoyancy on the Bayou: Shrimpers Face the Rising Tide of Globalization
Over the past several decades, shrimp has transformed from a luxury food to a kitchen staple. While shrimp-loving consumers have benefited from the lower cost of shrimp, domestic shrimp fishers have suffered, particularly in Louisiana. Most of the shrimp that we eat today is imported from shrimp farms in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. The flood of imported shrimp has sent dockside prices plummeting, and rising fuel costs have destroyed the profit …
Union Members and Voluntary Associations: Membership Overlap as a Case of Organizational Embeddedness
Prevailing conceptions of organizational embeddedness emphasize linkages to exchange partners via elites and contracts. What is neglected, the authors argue, is the nature and potential impact from the voluntary associations of rank-and-file members with the panoply of organizations in their daily lives, including churches, PTAs, and sports teams. The functions of these organizations provide contexts in which individuals trade information and for…
Union Members and Voluntary Associations: Membership Overlap as a Case of Organizational Embeddedness
Prevailing conceptions of organizational embeddedness emphasize linkages to exchange partners via elites and contracts. What is neglected, the authors argue, is the nature and potential impact from the voluntary associations of rank-and-file members with the panoply of organizations in their daily lives, including churches, PTAs, and sports teams. The functions of these organizations provide contexts in which individuals trade information and for…
Rust Belt Boomerang: The Pull of Place in Moving Back to a Legacy City
Research and journalistic accounts on the Rust Belt consistently focus on population decline and its consequences. As a result, we know little about the growing trend of return migration of young professionals and knowledge workers to the region. Why have these individuals chosen to return to a place that they once left? I answer this question using in–depth interviews with young professionals who have moved back to Youngstown, Ohio. Results indi…
Down Here We Rely on Fishing and Oil”: Work Identity and Fishers’ Responses to the BP Oil Spill Disaster
Survey research on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has documented both short-term and longer term effects of the spill and chemical agents on physical, mental, and environmental health, but less is known about how individuals living in and around affected areas make sense of the oil spill disaster. Prior research on disaster describes how people make sense of these events through social, political, and relational processes, yet have not explored …
Rethinking Organizational Decoupling: Fields, Power Struggles, and Work Routines
Neoinstitutionalists have long recognized that organizations must negotiate complex organizational fields to survive. Yet, this ever-sharpening focus on external environments comes at the expense of attending to how micro-level dynamics facilitate or inhibit organizational survival. In this article, and building on insights from research focusing on shop-floor contestation, we reexamine decoupling—that is, possible divergence of formal procedures…
Union Members and Voluntary Associations: Membership Overlap as a Case of Organizational Embeddedness
Prevailing conceptions of organizational embeddedness emphasize linkages to exchange partners via elites and contracts. What is neglected, the authors argue, is the nature and potential impact from the voluntary associations of rank-and-file members with the panoply of organizations in their daily lives, including churches, PTAs, and sports teams. The functions of these organizations provide contexts in which individuals trade information and for…
Buoyancy on the Bayou: Shrimpers Face the Rising Tide of Globalization
Over the past several decades, shrimp has transformed from a luxury food to a kitchen staple. While shrimp-loving consumers have benefited from the lower cost of shrimp, domestic shrimp fishers have suffered, particularly in Louisiana. Most of the shrimp that we eat today is imported from shrimp farms in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. The flood of imported shrimp has sent dockside prices plummeting, and rising fuel costs have destroyed the profit …
Rethinking Organizational Decoupling: Fields, Power Struggles, and Work Routines
Neoinstitutionalists have long recognized that organizations must negotiate complex organizational fields to survive. Yet, this ever-sharpening focus on external environments comes at the expense of attending to how micro-level dynamics facilitate or inhibit organizational survival. In this article, and building on insights from research focusing on shop-floor contestation, we reexamine decoupling—that is, possible divergence of formal procedures…
Rust Belt Boomerang: The Pull of Place in Moving Back to a Legacy City
Research and journalistic accounts on the Rust Belt consistently focus on population decline and its consequences. As a result, we know little about the growing trend of return migration of young professionals and knowledge workers to the region. Why have these individuals chosen to return to a place that they once left? I answer this question using in–depth interviews with young professionals who have moved back to Youngstown, Ohio. Results indi…
Down Here We Rely on Fishing and Oil”: Work Identity and Fishers’ Responses to the BP Oil Spill Disaster
Survey research on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has documented both short-term and longer term effects of the spill and chemical agents on physical, mental, and environmental health, but less is known about how individuals living in and around affected areas make sense of the oil spill disaster. Prior research on disaster describes how people make sense of these events through social, political, and relational processes, yet have not explored …
Working for Respect: Community and Conflict at Walmart
Walmart has long been the hardest of anti-union eggs to crack. In their new book, Adam Reich and Peter Bearman set out to better understand the problems and possibilities associated with organizing Walmart workers. Using a rich blend of methods, the authors focus on the ways that people make sense of their work, what they feel about their working conditions, and the social and institutional contexts that structure these perceptions and experience…
City on the Edge: Hard Choices in the American Rust Belt
Workplace tentativity: Biophysical environmental impacts on outdoor work
Drawing from data gathered for two ethnographic case studies within the U.S. Forest Service, we develop the concept of workplace tentativity to describe the ways that the biophysical environment influences organizational workplace routines. We find that outdoor labor, routines, and plans adjust to biophysical change and uncertainty, and we examine the resulting organizational and micro-interactional dynamics when such instances occur. Under condi…
Roots or recreation: Staying in place after a wildfire disaster
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Work (physics (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Climate change (2 works)