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Publications of Ken Spenner    :chronological  combined  bibtex listing:

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Books

  1. Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance, National Research Council (Co-Author along with 15 other committee members) (1999). The Changing Nature of Work: Implications for Occupational Analysis.. National Academy of Sciences Press.
  2. K. I. Spenner, L. B. Otto and V. R. A. Call (June, 1982). Career Lines and Careers.. Lexington Books..
  3. V. R. A. Call, L. B. Otto and K. I. Spenner (1982). Tracking Respondents: A Multi-method Approach.. Lexington Books.
  4. L. B. Otto, V. R. A. Call and K. I. Spenner (1981). Design for a Study of Entry into Careers.. Lexington Books.

Papers Published

  1. with (2008). Final Report of the Panel on the Department of Defense Human Capital Strategy, 1-47.
  2. K. Spenner, C. Buchmann, and L. R. Landerman (2005). The Black-White achievement gap in the first college year: evidence from a new longitudinal case study.. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 22, 187-216.
  3. (2000). Personality and social structure.. The Encyclopedia of Sociology.
  4. (1998). Reflections on a 30-year career of research on work and personality by Melvin Kohn and colleagues.. Sociological Forum, 13, 169-181.
  5. K. Spenner and D. Jones (1998). Social economic transformation in Bulgaria: An empirical assesment of the merchant captialism thesis.. Social Forces, 76, 937-965.
  6. K. Spenner, O. Suhomlinova, S. Thore, K. Land, and D. Jones (1998). Strong legacies and weak markets: Bulgarian state-owned enterprises during early transition.. American Sociological Review, 63, 599-617.
  7. (1997). Technological change and deskilling.. International Encyclopedia of Sociology of Education.
  8. (1995). Technological change, skill requirements and education: The case for uncertainty. The New Modern Times: Factors Reshaping the World of Work, 81-138.
  9. (1994). Technological change and deskilling.. International Encyclopedia of Education.
  10. R. Rosenfeld and K. I. Spenner (1992). Occupational sex segregation and women's early career job shifts.. Work and Occupations, 19, 424-449.
  11. K. I. Spenner and K. Petkov (1992). The effects of technology on the quality and quantity of work: similarities between East and West.. Journal of Managerial Issues, 4, 533-553.
  12. (1991). Personality and social structure.. Encyclopedia of Sociology, 3, 1440-1445.
  13. K. Petkov and K. I. Spenner (1991). The social organization and consequences of technological change: similarities between East and West.. Journal of Sociological Problems, 3-16.
  14. K. I. Spenner and R. Rosenfeld (1990). Women, work and identities: an event history analysis.. Social Science Research, 19, 266-299.
  15. K. I. Spenner, A. Kerckhoff, and T. Glass (1990). Open and closed education and work systems in Great Britain.. European Sociological Review, 6, 215-235.
  16. (1990). Skill: Meanings, methods, and measures.. Work and Occupations, 17, 399-421.
  17. (1989). Perestroika Gorbachev's Russia: Dramatic Times.. Window, 4-11.
  18. (1989). Managers, technology and jobs: paradox and similarity between East and West.. Managing in a Global Economy: Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Eastern Academy of Management, 3, 102-106.
  19. R. Rosenfeld and K. I. Spenner (1988). Women's work and women's careers: a dynamic analysis of work identity in the early lifecourse. Social Structures and Human Lives, 285-305.
  20. (1988). Technological change, skill requirements and education: the case for uncertainty.. The Economic and Employment Effects of Technological Change, 131-184.
  21. (1988). Personality, work, and social stratification.. Annual Review of Sociology, 14, 69-97.
  22. (1988). Occupations, work settings and the course of adult development: tracing the implications of select historical changes.. Life Span Development and Behavior, 9, 243-285.
  23. D. L. Featherman and K. I. Spenner (1987). Class and the socialization of children: constancy or change?. Child Development in Life-Span Perspective, 67-90. (Above article reprinted in abbreviated form in The Social Organization of Work, V. Yadov (Ed.). Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences; (in Russian); also reprinted in Revue Marocaine D'economie et De Droit Compare, 14 (1991) (in French)).
  24. K. I. Spenner and L. B. Otto (1985). Work and self-concept: selection and socialization in the early career. Research in Sociology of Education and Socialization, 5, 197-235.
  25. (1985). The upgrading and downgrading of occupations: issues, evidence and implications for education. Review of Educational Research, 55, 125-154. (Above article reprinted in Teoria & Educaca~o (1993) (in Portuguese)).
  26. (1983). Deciphering Prometheus: temporal change in the skill level of work. American Sociological Review, 48, 824-37.
  27. V. R. A. Call, L. B. Otto and K. I. Spenner (1982). Tracking Respondents: A Multi method Approach..
  28. K. I. Spenner, L. B. Otto and V. R. A. Call (1982). Career Lines and Careers..
  29. (1981). Occupations, role characteristics and intergenerational transmission. Sociology of Work and Occupations, 8, 89-112.
  30. K. I. Spenner, L. B. Otto and V. R. A. Call (1981). Career Line Prototypes I, and II..  [author's comments]
  31. (1981). Occupational characteristics and classification systems: new uses of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles in social research.. Social Measurement: Current Issues..
  32. L. B. Otto, V. R. A. Call and K. I. Spenner (1981). Design for a Study of Entry into Careers..
  33. (1980). Occupational characteristics and classification systems: new uses of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles in social research.. Sociological Methods and Research, 9, 239-64. ((reprinted in 1981 entry listed below)).
  34. (1979). Jobs across generations. Career Education Quarterly, 4, 34-38.
  35. (1979). Temporal changes in work content. American Sociological Review, 44, 968-75.
  36. K. I. Spenner and D. Featherman (1978). Achievement ambitions. The Annual Review of Sociology, 4, 373-420.
  37. A. Haller and K. I. Spenner (1977). Occupational income differentiation in status attainment. Rural Sociology, 42, 517-35.
  38. (1976). Reply to Form. American Sociological Review, 41, 160-65.
  39. (1975). The internal stratification of the working class: a reanalysis.. American Sociological Review, 40, 513-20.
  40. E. Fink, L. Rey, K. Johnson, K. I. Spenner, D. Merton, and E. Flores (1975). The effect of family occupational type, sex, and appeal style on helping behavior.. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 11, 43-52.

Papers Accepted

  1. with (2008). “Capital Conversion and Accumulation: A Social Portrait of Legacies at an Elite University.”. Research in Higher Education, 50(7).

Book Reviews

  1. J. Coenen-Huther (1998). [Bulgaria at the Crossroads]. Contemporary Sociology.
  2. G. Moschis (1997). [Gerontographics: Life-Stage Segmentation for Marketing Strategy Development]. Contemporary Gerontology.
  3. J. R. Taylor and E. J. Van Every (1994). [The Vulnerable Fortress: Bureaucratic Organization and Management in the Information Age]. Computers and Culture in Organizations: The Introduction and Use of Production Control Systems in French, Italian, and German Enterprises by M. Heidenreich, in Contemporary Sociology.
  4. M. L. Kohn and K. M. Slomczynski (1991). [Social Structure and Self-Direction: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Poland]. American Journal of Sociology.
  5. P. Grootings, B. Gustavsen, and L. Hethy (1990). [New Forms of Work Organization in Europe]. Contemporary Sociology.
  6. J. Mortimer and K. Borman (1989). [Work Experience and Psychological Development Through the Life Span]. Contemporary Sociology.
  7. L. Hirschhorn (1987). [Beyond Mechanization]. Work and Occupations.
  8. D. Brown, L. Brooks, and Associates (1985). [Career Choice and Development]. Contemporary Sociology.
  9. A. Miller, D. Treiman, P. Cain and P. Roos (1983). [Work, Jobs, and Occupations: A Critical Review of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles]. Sociology of Work and Occupations..
  10. S. Heyneman and J. Currie (1980). [Schooling, Academic Performance and Occupational Attainment in a Non-Industrialized Society]. Children and Youth Social Service Review.

Other

  1. (1988). Technological change, skill requirements and education: the case for uncertainty. The Economic and Employment Effects of Technological Change, 131-184.
  2. (1981). Occupational characteristics and classification systems: new uses of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles in social research. Social Measurement: Current Issues.

Presented Papers

  1. with "“Within-College Human Capital and Racial Ethnic Differences in Academic Performance.”."  American Sociological Association (2 papers), 2008
  2. with "“A Social Portrait of College Legacy Admissions.”."  American Sociological Association, 2008
  3. "American Sociological Association, 2008 (2 papers)."  2008
  4. "North Carolina Sociological Association - 1999, 2006."  2006
  5. "Southern Sociological Society."  2005
  6. "American Sociological Association."  2005
  7. "Eastern Sociological Association."  2004
  8. "American Sociological Association - 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2005."  2002
  9. "International Sociological Association - 1982 (Mexico City), 1986 (New Dehli), 1990 (Madrid), 1994 (Bielefeld), 1998 (Montreal), 2002 (Brisbane)."  2002 X World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City - 1982.
        XI World Congress of Sociology, New Dehli - 1986.
        XII World Congress of Sociology, Madrid - 1990.
        XIII World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld - 1994.
        XIV World Congress of Sociology, Montreal – 1998.
        XV World Congress of Sociology, Brisbane - 2002
  10. "Midwest Sociological Society - 1993."  1993
  11. "International Meetings of the Eastern Academy of Management,."  1989 Hong Kong-1989
  12. "Population Association of America - 1988."  1988
  13. "Southern Sociological Society, 1986, 2005."  1986
  14. "Research Committee on Social Stratification - 1985."  1985
  15. "Nebraska Personnel and Guidance Association - 1980."  1980
  16. "Rural Sociological Society - 1975, 1979."  1979
  17. "National Council on Family Relations - 1978."  1978
  18. "International Communication Association - 1974."  1974

Nonrefereed

  1. A. Y. Bryant, K. I. Spenner & N. Martin, with J. Sautter "The Campus Life and Learning Project: A Report on the College Career. 95 pp. Durham, NC: Duke University."  June 2007
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