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Publications of Kenneth I. Spenner    :chronological  combined  bibtex listing:

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Books

  1. Spenner, KI; Otto, LB; Call, VRA (1982). Career Lines and Careers.. Lexington Books.
  2. Otto, LB; Call, VRA; Spenner, KI (1981). Design for a Study of Entry into Careers.. Lexington Books.
  3. Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance, ; National Research Council, ; et. al., (1999). The Changing Nature of Work: Implications for Occupational Analysis.. National Academy of Sciences Press.
  4. Call, VRA; Otto, LB; Spenner, KI (1982). Tracking Respondents: A Multi-method Approach.. Lexington Books.

Papers Published

  1. Spenner, KI (1975). "The Internal Stratification of the Working Class": A Reanalysis. American Sociological Review, 40(4), 513-513. [doi]
  2. K. I. Spenner, L. B. Otto and V. R. A. Call (1981). Career Line Prototypes I, and II..  [author's comments]
  3. K. I. Spenner, L. B. Otto and V. R. A. Call (1982). Career Lines and Careers..
  4. L. B. Otto, V. R. A. Call and K. I. Spenner (1981). Design for a Study of Entry into Careers..
  5. V. R. A. Call, L. B. Otto and K. I. Spenner (1982). Tracking Respondents: A Multi method Approach..
  6. with Spenner, AK (2008). A Social Portrait of College Legacy Admissions..
  7. Martin, ND; Spenner, KI; Mustillo, SA (2017). A Test of Leading Explanations for the College Racial-Ethnic Achievement Gap: Evidence from a Longitudinal Case Study. Research in Higher Education, 58(6), 617-645. [doi]  [abs]
  8. Spenner, KI; Featherman, DL (1978). Achievement Ambitions. Annual Review of Sociology, 4(1), 373-420. [doi]
  9. Spenner, KI; Coenen-Huther, J (1998). Bulgaria at the Crossroads. Contemporary Sociology, 27(5), 514-514. [doi]
  10. with Martin, ND; Spenner, KI (2009). Capital conversion and accumulation: A social portrait of legacies at an elite university. Research in Higher Education, 50(7), 623-648. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]
  11. Featherman, DL; Spenner, KI (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)).
  12. Spenner, KI (1983). Deciphering Prometheus: Temporal Change in the Skill Level of Work. American Sociological Review, 48(6), 824-824. [doi]
  13. Arcidiacono, P; Aucejo, EM; Fang, H; Spenner, KI (2009). Does Affirmative Action Lead to Mismatch? A New Test and Evidence, 2(3), 303-333.
  14. Spenner, KI (2010). Education and Jobs: Exploring the Gaps. Contemporary Sociology, 39(4), 463-465. [doi]
  15. with Spenner, AK (2008). Final Report of the Panel on the Department of Defense Human Capital Strategy, 1-47.
  16. Freeland, RE; Spenner, KI; McCalmon, G (2015). I Gave at the Campus: Exploring Student Giving and Its Link to Young Alumni Donations After Graduation. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 44(4), 755-774. [doi]  [abs]
  17. Martin, ND; Tobin, W; Spenner, KI (2014). Interracial friendships across the college years: Evidence from a longitudinal case study. Journal of College Student Development, 55(7), 720-725. [doi]
  18. Spenner, KI (1979). Jobs across generations. Career Education Quarterly, 4, 34-38.
  19. Spenner, KI (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.
  20. Spenner, KI (1990). New Forms of Work Organization in Europe by P. Grootings, B. Gustavsen, and L. Hethy. Contemporary Sociology.
  21. Spenner, KI (1980). Occupational Characteristics and Classification Systems. Sociological Methods & Research, 9(2), 239-264. ((reprinted in 1981 entry listed below)). [doi]  [abs]
  22. (1981). Occupational characteristics and classification systems: new uses of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles in social research.. Social Measurement: Current Issues..
  23. Spenner, KI (1981). Occupational characteristics and classification systems: new uses of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles in social research.. Social Measurement: Current Issues..
  24. Haller, A; Spenner, KI (1977). Occupational income differentiation in status attainment. Rural Sociology, 42, 517-35.
  25. Rosenfeld, RA; Spenner, KI (1992). Occupational Sex Segregation and Women's Early Career Job Shifts. Work and Occupations, 19(4), 424-449. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]
  26. Spenner, KI (1981). Occupations, role characteristics and intergenerational transmission. Sociology of Work and Occupations, 8(1), 89-112. [doi]
  27. Spenner, KI (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.
  28. Spenner, KI; Kerckhoff, A; Glass, T (1990). Open and closed education and work systems in Great Britain.. European Sociological Review, 6(3), 215-235. [doi]  [abs]
  29. Spenner, KI (1989). Perestroika Gorbachev’s Russia: Dramatic Times.. Window, 4-11.
  30. Spenner, KI (2000). Personality and social structure.. The Encyclopedia of Sociology.
  31. (1991). Personality and social structure.. Encyclopedia of Sociology, 3, 1440-1445.
  32. Spenner, KI (1988). Personality, work, and social stratification.. Annual Review of Sociology, 14, 69-97.
  33. Arcidiacono, P; Aucejo, E; Hussey, A; Spenner, K (2013). Racial segregation patterns in selective universities. The Journal of Law & Economics, 56(4), 1039-1060. [doi]  [abs]
  34. Spenner, KI (1998). Reflections on a 30-year career of research on work and personality by Melvin Kohn and colleagues. Sociological Forum, 13(1), 169-181. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
  35. Spenner, KI (1976). Reply to Form. American Sociological Review, 41, 160-65.
  36. Spenner, KI (1985). Review of Career Choice and Development by D. Brown, L. Brooks, and Associates. Contemporary Sociology.
  37. Spenner, KI (1989). Review of Work Experience and Psychological Development Through the Life Span by Mortimer and Borman. Contemporary Sociology.
  38. Spenner, KI (1987). Review of Beyond Mechanization by L. Hirschhorn. Work and Occupations.
  39. Spenner, KI (1997). Review of Gerontographics: Life-Stage Segmentation for Marketing Strategy Development by G Moschis. Contemporary Gerontology.
  40. Spenner, KI (1980). Review of Schooling, Academic Performance and Occupational Attainment in a Non-Industrialized Society by S Heyneman and J Currie. Children and Youth Social Service Review.
  41. Spenner, KI (1991). Review of Social Structure and Self-Direction: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Poland by M. L. Kohn and K. M. Slomczynski. American Journal of Sociology.
  42. Spenner, KI (1994). Reviews of The Vulnerable Fortress: Bureaucratic Organization and Management in the Information Age by J. R. Taylor and E. J. Van Every, and Computers and Culture in Organizations: The Introduction and Use of Production Control Systems in French, Italian, and German Enterprises by M. Heidenreich. Contemporary Sociololgy.
  43. SPENNER, KI (1990). Skill. Work and Occupations, 17(4), 399-421. [doi]  [abs]
  44. Spenner, KI; Jones, DC (1998). Social economic transformation in Bulgaria: An empirical assessment of the merchant capitalism thesis. Social Forces; a Scientific Medium of Social Study and Interpretation, 76(3), 937-965. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]
  45. Spenner, KI; Thore, SA; Land, KC; Suhomlinova, OO; Jones, DC (1998). Strong legacies and weak markets: Bulgarian state-owned enterprises during early transition. American Sociological Review, 63(4), 599-617. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]
  46. Spenner, KI (1997). Technological change and deskilling.. International Encyclopedia of Sociology of Education.
  47. Spenner, KI (1994). Technological change and deskilling.. International Encyclopedia of Education.
  48. Spenner, KI (1995). Technological change, skill requirements and education: The case for uncertainty. The New Modern Times: Factors Reshaping the World of Work, 81-138.
  49. Spenner, KI (1988). Technological change, skill requirements and education: the case for uncertainty. The Economic and Employment Effects of Technological Change, 131-184.
  50. Spenner, KI (1988). Technological change, skill requirements and education: the case for uncertainty.. The Economic and Employment Effects of Technological Change, 131-184.
  51. Spenner, KI (1979). Temporal Changes in Work Content. American Sociological Review, 44(6), 968-968. [doi]
  52. Spenner, KI; Buchmann, C; Landerman, LR (2004). THE BLACK-WHITE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN THE FIRST COLLEGE YEAR: EVIDENCE FROM A NEW LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 22, 187-216. [doi]  [abs]
  53. Bryant, AY; Spenner, KI; Martin, N; Sautter, J (2007). The Campus Life and Learning Project: A Report on the College Career. 95 pp. Durham, NC: Duke University.
  54. Fink, EL; Rey, LD; Johnson, KW; Spenner, KI; Morton, DR; Flores, ET (1975). The effects of family occupational type, sex, and appeal style on helping behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 11(1), 43-52. [doi]  [abs]
  55. Spenner, KI; Petkov, K (1992). The effects of technology on the quality and quantity of work: similarities between East and West.. Journal of Managerial Issues, 4, 533-553.
  56. Petkov, K; Spenner, KI (1991). The social organization and consequences of technological change: similarities between East and West.. Journal of Sociological Problems, 3-16.
  57. Spenner, KI (1985). The Upgrading and Downgrading of Occupations: Issues, Evidence, and Implications for Education. Review of Educational Research, 55(2), 125-154. (Above article reprinted in Teoria & Educaca~o (1993) (in Portuguese)). [doi]  [abs]
  58. Arcidiacono, P; Aucejo, EM; Spenner, K (2012). What happens after enrollment? An analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice. Iza Journal of Labor Economics, 1(1), 5-5. [doi]  [abs]
  59. with Spenner, AK (2008). Within-College Human Capital and Racial Ethnic Differences in Academic Performance..
  60. Spenner, KI; Rosenfeld, R (1990). Women, work and identities: an event history analysis.. Social Science Research, 19(3), 266-299. [doi]  [abs]
  61. Rosenfeld, R; Spenner, KI (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.
  62. Spenner, KI; Otto, LB (1985). Work and self-concept: selection and socialization in the early career. Research in Sociology of Education and Socialization, 5, 197-235.
  63. Spenner, KI (1983). Work, Jobs, and Occupations: A Critical Review of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Sociology of Work and Occupations..

Book Reviews

  1. L. Hirschhorn (1987). [Beyond Mechanization]. Work and Occupations.
  2. D. Brown, L. Brooks, and Associates (1985). [Career Choice and Development]. Contemporary Sociology.
  3. G. Moschis (1997). [Gerontographics: Life-Stage Segmentation for Marketing Strategy Development]. Contemporary Gerontology.
  4. P. Grootings, B. Gustavsen, and L. Hethy (1990). [New Forms of Work Organization in Europe]. Contemporary Sociology.
  5. S. Heyneman and J. Currie (1980). [Schooling, Academic Performance and Occupational Attainment in a Non-Industrialized Society]. Children and Youth Social Service Review.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. J. Mortimer and K. Borman (1989). [Work Experience and Psychological Development Through the Life Span]. Contemporary Sociology.

Other

  1. (1981). Occupational characteristics and classification systems: new uses of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles in social research. Social Measurement: Current Issues.

Presented Papers

  1. "American Sociological Association."  2005
  2. "American Sociological Association - 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2005."  2002
  3. "American Sociological Association, 2008 (2 papers)."  2008
  4. "Eastern Sociological Association."  2004
  5. "International Communication Association - 1974."  1974
  6. "International Meetings of the Eastern Academy of Management,."  1989 Hong Kong-1989
  7. "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
  8. "Midwest Sociological Society - 1993."  1993
  9. "National Council on Family Relations - 1978."  1978
  10. "Nebraska Personnel and Guidance Association - 1980."  1980
  11. "North Carolina Sociological Association - 1999, 2006."  2006
  12. "Population Association of America - 1988."  1988
  13. "Research Committee on Social Stratification - 1985."  1985
  14. "Rural Sociological Society - 1975, 1979."  1979
  15. "Southern Sociological Society."  2005
  16. "Southern Sociological Society, 1986, 2005."  1986

Research Reports

  1. Arcidiacono, P; Aucejo, EM; Fang, H; Spenner, KI "Does affirmative action lead to mismatch? A new test and evidence."  The Econometric Society, November, 2011: 303-333. [doi]  [abs]
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