Lenahan O'Connell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4553591 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lenahan O'Connell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lenahan |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Connell |
| SIGNATURE | CONNELL L O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Sociology, Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee 37760 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Paying for Locally Owned Roads: A Crisis in Local Government Highway Finance
The past two decades have witnessed substantial changes in the dynamics of state—local relationships for highway funding. We argue that four factors have produced a funding crisis for local governments: an increase in developed land and locally owned roads; a rise in construction and maintenance costs; devolution of highway financing responsibility from the states to localities with a reduction in intergovernmental transfers; and more wear and te…
An Empirical Examination of the Statutory Characteristics and Effects of Highway and Transportation Commissions on DOT Capital Management Capacity
A majority of the states have created, by statute, some type of external body (such as a board or commissions) to oversee their departments of transportation (DOTs). The focus of this research is on two types of commissions: highway-only commissions and multimodal transportation commissions. We review the authorizing statutes that establish these boards and commissions to identify their statutorily defined membership characteristics and roles. We…
Transportation Commissions as Accountability Structures: A Review of their Statutory Roles and Other Attributes
As of 2004, 36 of the 50 states had created, by statute, some type of external body (such as boards or commissions) to work with their departments of transportation (DOTs). The authors review the authorizing statutes that establish these boards and commissions to identify their statutorily defined responsibilities and attributes. From the literature on governance structures and accountability, three propositions are derived about their likely str…
Exploring the Social Roots of Smart Growth Policy Adoption by Cities
Objective. This study identifies: (1) the smart growth policies adopted in a sample of U.S. cities; and (2) the relative impact of four social factors—education, local environmental activism, race, and homeownership on policy adoption. Method. A survey was sent to planning and development officials in a sample of 340 cities. Results. On average, the cities have 4.96 smart growth policies on their books. Adoption of such policies is more associate…
Response to Commentaries on “Exploring the Social Roots of Smart Growth Policy Adoption by Cities”
Emergent Accountability in State–Local Relations: Some Lessons From Solid Waste Policy in Kentucky
Applying Kearns's concept of the “accountability environment, ” this study of a reform of solid waste policy finds that the relationship between the state and local jurisdictions can best be described as structured by mechanisms of emergent accountability. After distinguishing hierarchical from emergent accountability, the author tests the following hypothesis: Under a structure of emergent accountability, progress toward a stated goal will be pa…
Program Accountability as an Emergent Property: The Role of Stakeholders in a Program's Field
This article applies the concepts of organization field and accountability environment to a government-funded program. It argues that the formula for accountability inspired by agency theory—define performance standards, measure performance, and sanction based on measured performance—is frequently impossible to apply because program accountability can be an emergent property arising from the actions of the major actors in a program's field. Study…
Black Anxiety, White Guilt, and the Politics of Status Frustration
In this wide-ranging survey of contemporary race relations in the United States, Smith and O'Connell provide a thorough re-examination of our situation. They begin by assessing the part played by status struggles and anxieties in intergroup relations. For the black middle classes, they assert, the benefits of social-economic advancement and rising expectations combine with status frustration and anxiety to create a sense of estrangement from whit…
Must stereotyping be extreme to be harmful? The relationship between degree of stereotyping and prejudice
Despite the fact that most Whites give liberal responses to survey questions about racial stereotypes, many social scientists believe that most Whites are willing to stereotype African Americans. Many also assume such stereotypes are harmful because they are applied to most members of the out group. With a sample of White college students, this article shows that: (a) Whites who give liberal responses to survey questions are quite willing to ster…
The Role of Inside and Same-Sex Influencers in the Choice of Nontraditional Occupations
The role model approach to occupational choice predicts concern with sex appropriateness and reliance on same-sex influencers when individuals choose nontraditional occupations, while the opportunity structure approach predicts men and women respond equally to opportunity. Using data from male and female engineering and nursing students, this study evaluates both perspectives. Findings suggest the opportunity structure approach is more predictive…
Investigators at Work: How Bureaucratic and Legal Constraints Influence the Enforcement of Discrimination Law
Gender differences in proclivity for unethical behavior
Plans for balancing work and family life: Do women pursuing nontraditional and traditional occupations differ
Ownerbuilt Housing and Resources: Implications for Self-Help Policies
This note looks at the resources used by 101 non-rural people who built their own homes, saving an estimated 34 per cent of the home's market value
Work Orientations of Males and Females: Exploring the Gender Socialization Approach
Earlier surveys show differences in work orientations of males and females, but these were based on mostly sex-segregated workers. Two broad explanations are used to examine differences in work orientations of males and females: namely the socialstructural and the gender-socialization approaches. A secondary analysis of 22 separate sudies of specific occupations are combined and used to determine if the sexes display different patterns on ten wor…
An Exploration of Exchange in Three Social Relationships: Kinship, Friendship and the Marketplace
Exchange norms are analysed within the context of three social relationships: the marketplace, friendship, and kinship. Exchange is treated as a complex, decision-making process that often involves the creation of trust and willingness to accept asymmetries in transactions. When constructing an exchange each partner bases his or her behaviour on: (1) social relationships; (2) norms; (3) the type of comparison - intrapersonal or interpersonal; (4)…
Changing Doctor-Patient Relationships and the Rise in Concern for Accountability
Journal Article Changing Doctor-Patient Relationships and the Rise in Concern for Accountability Get access Michael Betz, Michael Betz University of Tennessee Correspondence to: Betz, Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0490. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Lenahan O'Connell Lenahan O'Connell University of Tennessee Search for other works by this author on: Oxford A…
Program Accountability as an Emergent Property: The Role of Stakeholders in a Program's Field
This article applies the concepts of organization field and accountability environment to a government-funded program. It argues that the formula for accountability inspired by agency theory—define performance standards, measure performance, and sanction based on measured performance—is frequently impossible to apply because program accountability can be an emergent property arising from the actions of the major actors in a program's field. Study…
Plans for balancing work and family life: Do women pursuing nontraditional and traditional occupations differ
An Exploration of Exchange in Three Social Relationships: Kinship, Friendship and the Marketplace
Exchange norms are analysed within the context of three social relationships: the marketplace, friendship, and kinship. Exchange is treated as a complex, decision-making process that often involves the creation of trust and willingness to accept asymmetries in transactions. When constructing an exchange each partner bases his or her behaviour on: (1) social relationships; (2) norms; (3) the type of comparison - intrapersonal or interpersonal; (4)…
Changing Doctor-Patient Relationships and the Rise in Concern for Accountability
Journal Article Changing Doctor-Patient Relationships and the Rise in Concern for Accountability Get access Michael Betz, Michael Betz University of Tennessee Correspondence to: Betz, Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0490. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Lenahan O'Connell Lenahan O'Connell University of Tennessee Search for other works by this author on: Oxford A…
Work Orientations of Males and Females: Exploring the Gender Socialization Approach
Earlier surveys show differences in work orientations of males and females, but these were based on mostly sex-segregated workers. Two broad explanations are used to examine differences in work orientations of males and females: namely the socialstructural and the gender-socialization approaches. A secondary analysis of 22 separate sudies of specific occupations are combined and used to determine if the sexes display different patterns on ten wor…
Exploring the Social Roots of Smart Growth Policy Adoption by Cities
Objective. This study identifies: (1) the smart growth policies adopted in a sample of U.S. cities; and (2) the relative impact of four social factors—education, local environmental activism, race, and homeownership on policy adoption. Method. A survey was sent to planning and development officials in a sample of 340 cities. Results. On average, the cities have 4.96 smart growth policies on their books. Adoption of such policies is more associate…
Investigators at Work: How Bureaucratic and Legal Constraints Influence the Enforcement of Discrimination Law
Transportation Commissions as Accountability Structures: A Review of their Statutory Roles and Other Attributes
As of 2004, 36 of the 50 states had created, by statute, some type of external body (such as boards or commissions) to work with their departments of transportation (DOTs). The authors review the authorizing statutes that establish these boards and commissions to identify their statutorily defined responsibilities and attributes. From the literature on governance structures and accountability, three propositions are derived about their likely str…
Paying for Locally Owned Roads: A Crisis in Local Government Highway Finance
The past two decades have witnessed substantial changes in the dynamics of state—local relationships for highway funding. We argue that four factors have produced a funding crisis for local governments: an increase in developed land and locally owned roads; a rise in construction and maintenance costs; devolution of highway financing responsibility from the states to localities with a reduction in intergovernmental transfers; and more wear and te…
Emergent Accountability in State–Local Relations: Some Lessons From Solid Waste Policy in Kentucky
Applying Kearns's concept of the “accountability environment, ” this study of a reform of solid waste policy finds that the relationship between the state and local jurisdictions can best be described as structured by mechanisms of emergent accountability. After distinguishing hierarchical from emergent accountability, the author tests the following hypothesis: Under a structure of emergent accountability, progress toward a stated goal will be pa…
Response to Commentaries on “Exploring the Social Roots of Smart Growth Policy Adoption by Cities”
The Role of Inside and Same-Sex Influencers in the Choice of Nontraditional Occupations
The role model approach to occupational choice predicts concern with sex appropriateness and reliance on same-sex influencers when individuals choose nontraditional occupations, while the opportunity structure approach predicts men and women respond equally to opportunity. Using data from male and female engineering and nursing students, this study evaluates both perspectives. Findings suggest the opportunity structure approach is more predictive…
Changing Doctor-Patient Relationships and the Rise in Concern for Accountability
Journal Article Changing Doctor-Patient Relationships and the Rise in Concern for Accountability Get access Michael Betz, Michael Betz University of Tennessee Correspondence to: Betz, Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0490. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Lenahan O'Connell Lenahan O'Connell University of Tennessee Search for other works by this author on: Oxford A…
An Exploration of Exchange in Three Social Relationships: Kinship, Friendship and the Marketplace
Exchange norms are analysed within the context of three social relationships: the marketplace, friendship, and kinship. Exchange is treated as a complex, decision-making process that often involves the creation of trust and willingness to accept asymmetries in transactions. When constructing an exchange each partner bases his or her behaviour on: (1) social relationships; (2) norms; (3) the type of comparison - intrapersonal or interpersonal; (4)…
Gender differences in proclivity for unethical behavior
Plans for balancing work and family life: Do women pursuing nontraditional and traditional occupations differ
Ownerbuilt Housing and Resources: Implications for Self-Help Policies
This note looks at the resources used by 101 non-rural people who built their own homes, saving an estimated 34 per cent of the home's market value
Work Orientations of Males and Females: Exploring the Gender Socialization Approach
Earlier surveys show differences in work orientations of males and females, but these were based on mostly sex-segregated workers. Two broad explanations are used to examine differences in work orientations of males and females: namely the socialstructural and the gender-socialization approaches. A secondary analysis of 22 separate sudies of specific occupations are combined and used to determine if the sexes display different patterns on ten wor…
Investigators at Work: How Bureaucratic and Legal Constraints Influence the Enforcement of Discrimination Law
The Role of Inside and Same-Sex Influencers in the Choice of Nontraditional Occupations
The role model approach to occupational choice predicts concern with sex appropriateness and reliance on same-sex influencers when individuals choose nontraditional occupations, while the opportunity structure approach predicts men and women respond equally to opportunity. Using data from male and female engineering and nursing students, this study evaluates both perspectives. Findings suggest the opportunity structure approach is more predictive…
Black Anxiety, White Guilt, and the Politics of Status Frustration
In this wide-ranging survey of contemporary race relations in the United States, Smith and O'Connell provide a thorough re-examination of our situation. They begin by assessing the part played by status struggles and anxieties in intergroup relations. For the black middle classes, they assert, the benefits of social-economic advancement and rising expectations combine with status frustration and anxiety to create a sense of estrangement from whit…
Must stereotyping be extreme to be harmful? The relationship between degree of stereotyping and prejudice
Despite the fact that most Whites give liberal responses to survey questions about racial stereotypes, many social scientists believe that most Whites are willing to stereotype African Americans. Many also assume such stereotypes are harmful because they are applied to most members of the out group. With a sample of White college students, this article shows that: (a) Whites who give liberal responses to survey questions are quite willing to ster…
Program Accountability as an Emergent Property: The Role of Stakeholders in a Program's Field
This article applies the concepts of organization field and accountability environment to a government-funded program. It argues that the formula for accountability inspired by agency theory—define performance standards, measure performance, and sanction based on measured performance—is frequently impossible to apply because program accountability can be an emergent property arising from the actions of the major actors in a program's field. Study…
Emergent Accountability in State–Local Relations: Some Lessons From Solid Waste Policy in Kentucky
Applying Kearns's concept of the “accountability environment, ” this study of a reform of solid waste policy finds that the relationship between the state and local jurisdictions can best be described as structured by mechanisms of emergent accountability. After distinguishing hierarchical from emergent accountability, the author tests the following hypothesis: Under a structure of emergent accountability, progress toward a stated goal will be pa…
An Empirical Examination of the Statutory Characteristics and Effects of Highway and Transportation Commissions on DOT Capital Management Capacity
A majority of the states have created, by statute, some type of external body (such as a board or commissions) to oversee their departments of transportation (DOTs). The focus of this research is on two types of commissions: highway-only commissions and multimodal transportation commissions. We review the authorizing statutes that establish these boards and commissions to identify their statutorily defined membership characteristics and roles. We…
Transportation Commissions as Accountability Structures: A Review of their Statutory Roles and Other Attributes
As of 2004, 36 of the 50 states had created, by statute, some type of external body (such as boards or commissions) to work with their departments of transportation (DOTs). The authors review the authorizing statutes that establish these boards and commissions to identify their statutorily defined responsibilities and attributes. From the literature on governance structures and accountability, three propositions are derived about their likely str…
Exploring the Social Roots of Smart Growth Policy Adoption by Cities
Objective. This study identifies: (1) the smart growth policies adopted in a sample of U.S. cities; and (2) the relative impact of four social factors—education, local environmental activism, race, and homeownership on policy adoption. Method. A survey was sent to planning and development officials in a sample of 340 cities. Results. On average, the cities have 4.96 smart growth policies on their books. Adoption of such policies is more associate…
Response to Commentaries on “Exploring the Social Roots of Smart Growth Policy Adoption by Cities”
Paying for Locally Owned Roads: A Crisis in Local Government Highway Finance
The past two decades have witnessed substantial changes in the dynamics of state—local relationships for highway funding. We argue that four factors have produced a funding crisis for local governments: an increase in developed land and locally owned roads; a rise in construction and maintenance costs; devolution of highway financing responsibility from the states to localities with a reduction in intergovernmental transfers; and more wear and te…
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