Organizational Approaches to Inequality: Inertia, Relative Power, and Environments
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907;, Departments of Sociology and of Public Policy and Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083; |
| ANO | 2010 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Annual Review of Sociology |
| ISSN | 0360-0572 |
| E-ISSN | 1545-2115 |
| EDITORA | Publisher 15279 |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev-soc-070308-120014 |
| CITAÇÕES | 66 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
| MD5 |
288c4430b352d75add0739f67d427e26
|
Resumo
This article reviews recent theoretical and empirical research addressing organizations and workplace stratification, with an emphasis on the generic organizational mechanisms responsible for producing both stability and change in workplace inequality. We propose that an organizational approach to the study of stratification should examine status- and class-based inequalities at the intersection of (a) the inertial tendencies of organizational structure, logic, and practice; (b) the relative power of actors within workplaces; and (c) organizations' institutional and competitive environments. The interplay of these generic forces either reproduces static practices and structures or leads to dynamic processes of change. We conclude with theoretical and methodological implications for analyzing social stratification through an organizational lens.