Stephen R. Barley (February 16, 1953– ) is an American organizational theorist and a professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. Barley's research focuses on the role of technology in organizational change and organizational/occupational culture.
Barley received his A.B. in English from the College of William and Mary in 1975, a M.A. in Student Personnel Administration from the Ohio State University in 1977, and a Ph.D. from th...
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Stephen R. Barley (February 16, 1953– ) is an American organizational theorist and a professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. Barley's research focuses on the role of technology in organizational change and organizational/occupational culture.
Barley received his A.B. in English from the College of William and Mary in 1975, a M.A. in Student Personnel Administration from the Ohio State University in 1977, and a Ph.D. from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1984. His dissertation was entitled "The Professional, the semi-professional, and the machine: The social implications of computer based imaging in radiology." His 1986 paper "Technology as an occasion for structuring" has been cited over 1000 times.
Barley was a professor in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University between 1984 and 1994 and joined the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University in 1994. The National Research Council and the National...
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